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TIL in 1980, Detroit gave Saddam Hussein a key to the city out of recognition of donations he made to local churches.

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6Oyl TIL There was an abandoned Russian Cruise ship that refused to die, was left to float around the oceans, and may have sunk in 2013, but nobody knows for sure.
xVYN1 TIL that male fertility is highly correlated with the length between the scrotum and anus aka the taint. And the average size is 2 inches.
1mjP TIL Stephen King sells the rights to some of his short stories for $1 so that film students can use them to make movies. He calls them his ‘Dollar Babies.’
xV1W5 TIL Russia built a circular warship
rmno TIL that there is a psychological phenonomon called the ‘uncanny valley,’ which is where something becomes “cuter” as it becomes more human looking, until it reaches a point where it is almost human but not quite, in which case it appears creepy or strange