The Great Toronto Stork Derby

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In 1926 Charles Vance Millar left the bulk of his considerable estate to the woman who would give birth to the most babies over the next 10 years. The contest was dubbed the Great Toronto Stork Derby and ended on May 30, 1938 with four mothers (Annie Smith, Alice Timleck, Kathleen Nagle and Isobel MacLean) with nine kids each receiving approximately $125,000 - a fortune during the Depression.

The money was, according to later accounts, invested wisely in businesses and in securities and in homes and in cars.

Via: The Globe and Mail