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TIL when a 36-year-old Indian man who had been teased his entire life for looking pregnant got the condition checked out, the doctors ended up pulling out hair, hands, bones & limbs of the man’s twin brother—who had been trapped in his twin as a fetus & continued to grow post-birth—from his stomach.

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womK7 TIL the movie musical “Oklahoma!” (1955) was shot in Arizona because Oklahoma had so many Oil Well Derricks that they were distracting onscreen.
165Rd TIL of Huey Long, governor of Louisiana 1928-1932. Determined to be president by 1936, he wanted to redistribute the wealth of the rich by limiting private fortunes to $50 million, legacies to $5 million, and annual incomes to $1 million. His slogan was "Every Man A King." He was murdered in 1935.
GYNb7 TIL about Florida's notorious, state-run institution, Dozier School For Boys. Some 81 boys are known to have died there and that after the closing and demolition of the century old establishment, excavation crews uncovered the remains of 50+ students.
W7ErY TIL about Ponte City, a 55 story circular apartment building in Johannesburg, South Africa. Built in 1975, in the 80s gang activity made the area very unsafe and garbage thrown into the open core reached 5 stories high. It has since been restored and is once again a desirable place to live.
e0v56 TIL: One of the shortest operas which is regularly performed concerns the emotional lives of two unhappily married couples as they play a hand of Bridge.