The Will That Started a Ten-Year Baby Race
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Discover the bizarre true story of a will that sparked a ten-year baby race, as detailed in this history documentary. Learn how one man's fortune and a strange clause led to a competition that captivated a province and changed lives forever. Chapters: 00:00 A fortune for the most babies 00:12 Three questions 00:24 He was a practical joker 00:36 The same joke, scaled up 00:48 He tested the ministers first 01:00 A dollar each 01:12 Then the residue clause 01:24 And then the estate grew 01:36 Then the Depression 01:48 The women who entered 02:00 They printed running tallies 02:12 And then blamed them for it 02:24 The province tried to kill it 02:36 The courts upheld it 02:48 It never defined the word 03:00 Which children counted? 03:12 And whose children counted 03:24 All of it in the papers 03:36 Four winners 03:48 Two were paid to stop 04:00 What the money did 04:12 And what it cost 04:24 What was he actually doing 04:36 He was testing the respectable 04:48 He predicted all of it 05:00 Who actually paid for it 05:12 They changed the law 05:24 The joke worked
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