Today I learned on Nostr: TIL about the Dionne quintuplets, the first know quintuplets to survive their ...

TIL about the Dionne quintuplets, the first know quintuplets to survive their infancy. At age 5, the Canadian government made them wards of the Crown. During this time they became a profitable tourist attraction. As adults, they sued the Canadian govt for exploitation, eventually settling for $4m.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionne_quintuplets
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