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sep 21 Learn More H.G. Wells Born


What does novelist H.G. Wells, who was born on this day in 1866, have in common with Charles Darwin and Jesse James? They all married their first cousins. …Yup. The author of The Time Machine left his first wife (and first cousin) three years later because he'd fallen in love with one of his students. …Yup again. They were eventually wed, and had two sons… and an open marriage. Turns out the British futurist was really, um, forward thinking, about love and relationships.

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