Bounty for childbirth
In 1926, when Charles Millar, a wealthy Canadian man, died, he gave most of his estate in his will to the city of Toronto's most prolific children, effective for ten years after his death. If there is a draw, then it is divided equally. That wealth is equivalent to tens of millions of dollars today.
After the will was published in the newspapers, it sparked a baby boom in the city of Toronto
At 4:30 p.m. on October 31, 1936, exactly 10 years after Miller's death, the race was over.
In the end, the court ruled that Anne Catherine · Smith, Catherine · Alan · Nagel, Lucy · Alice · Tim Lake and Isabel · Mary · McLean shared the legacy, having nine children in a decade of qualifying years, each of whom received about $2 million in what they are today. That's enough for them to raise their own children, but how the losers will feed their children is another question.
This will is a rare social experiment for both physiologists and sociologists, on the one hand, it tests the extreme fertility of human beings, and on the other hand, how crazy people can be for wealth.
Imagine if Ma Mou also made such a will.....
