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TIL that Saddam Hussein used Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” as his campaign song in the 2002 election

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XEdKX TIL that researchers have found a meteorite that is older then earth in Algeria; and is our only evidence of a protoplanet that existed before earth
Me1WA TIL that heroin was first mass-produced by the pharmaceutical company Bayer in 1897. From 1898 to 1910 heroin was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough medicine for children.
EZRV TIL that infants will naturally and automatically (not much muscular control) dance to music - and make themselves happy by doing it.
dZBE TIL that a 17 year old who recruited two other teens to murder her parents - resulting in the death of one and the critical injuries to the other - attempted to appeal on the grounds that she was interviewed by police without parental consent.
OGBGX TIL that otters are considered apex predators. Giant otter are opportunistic, taking whatever species are most locally abundant. If fish are unavailable otters will hunt caimans (species related to alligators) and anacondas.