A Lawyer's Joke Became a Legally Binding Baby RaceAn eccentric's last wish sparked a city-wide derby.

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A prankster's bizarre will was so legally sound it forced Canada's Supreme Court to sanction a city-wide baby-making contest. In 1926, lawyer Charles Vance Millar's final wish promised his massive fortune to the Toronto woman who gave birth to the most children in the next 10 years. This triggered the "Great Stork Derby," a media-fueled spectacle during the Great Depression. Despite numerous challenges, the courts upheld the will, turning a posthumous joke into a life-changing reality.