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TIL: Saddam Hussein Claimed He Won The Gulf War.

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BJoe TIL researchers from Cornell University are using computational models to generate rap lyrics. “In terms of quantitative rhyme density, the produced lyrics outperform best human rappers by 21%”.
6Pwl TIL that MI6 British intelligence hacked into an al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.
Evl0 TIL on New Year’s Eve, 1999, Brad Pitt rented a Mexican resort, filled it with his friends and at midnight had the government cut the power and phone lines and send in troops to raid the compound and “arrest” one of his best friends on drug charges - all as a practical joke!
R5kN8 TIL about the Zimmermann Telegram, a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the USA entered World War I against Germany. The telegram was intercepted by British intelligence.
X0ZPr TIL One of the oldest board games in the world, The Royal Game of Ur, was first played in the 3rd millennium BC. During the height of its popularity, the game had spiritual significance and was thought to predict a player’s future or communicate messages from deities/supernatural beings.