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TIL: Saddam Hussein Claimed He Won The Gulf War.

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b119 TIL of Xenophon Zolotas, a former Greek Prime Minister who would give speeches in English only using words of Greek origin.
dDeyj TIL that the brain only uses 20 watts of power. It would require a nuclear power plant to energize a computer the size of a city block to mimic your brain, and your brain does it with just 20 watts.
91jr TIL that when Robert Picardo auditioned for the role of the Doctor (sophisticated medical software in hologram form) on ‘Star Trek: Voyager’, he ad libbed “I’m a doctor, not a nightlight” not knowing that it was similar to the lines Dr. Leonard McCoy often said. Picardo got the job.
pLlp TIL Millenials are responsible for the decline in the bar soap industry. They prefer liquid soap because bar soap is deemed “dirty” and for old people.
eZPk TIL that at the height of Shirley Temple’s popularity there was a rumor that she was not a child, but a 30-year-old dwarf. The rumor was so prevalent that the Vatican dispatched Father Silvio Massante to investigate whether or not she was actually a child.