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TIL,former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's son Uday Hussein used to imprison and torture Iraqi national team footballers for days if they lost a match or a tournament.

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W7og9 TIL the popular Halloween song "Monster Mash" is a parody of "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, released months earlier
OoXRg TIL Dr. Bagenholm fell face first into a frozen river while skiing and got stuck. Doctors revived her from being clinically dead which led to the development of therapeutic hypothermia, which has increased survival rates and brain function in many heart surgery, epileptic, and stroke patients.
WOed TIL an 8 Ton concrete VW Bug was sunk underwater off Mexico to create an artificial reef for underwater critters.
Lkgm0 TIL that in 2005, after Rob Schneider called movie critic Patrick Goldstein unqualified because he’d never won the Pulitzer Prize, famous film critic Roger Ebert told Schneider that, as a Pulitzer winner, HE was qualified to review the film, and that “Your movie sucks.”
y1Ae TIL that instead of going to court over a copyright infringement dispute, the CEOs of Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation challenged each other to an arm wrestling duel via humorous letters. No lawyers were ever involved, and the men honored the outcome of the match.