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American mother and her 8 sons, all of whom served in WW2 or the Korean War and survived, 1950s (lemmy.world)
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[–] Duranie@literature.cafe 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'd love to hear the explanation for this one lol.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

Superstition?

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 1 points 4 months ago

Old legends about how the sex of a child is determined. Today, we know it's based on X and Y chromosomes. I assume the superstition morphed to state that "well, orgasm order, position, wind speed over the Sahara determine which sperm is selected" for which we have no peer-reviewed evidence to the best of my knowledge.