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TIL that Saddam Hussein had a Quran written in his own blood

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NXGyP TIL: A nuclear physicist describes 7 things you probably didn't know about radioactive fallout from a nuclear bomb
XEX6P TIL that Mona Lisa painting has its own mailbox due to the large amount of love letters and flowers from admirers.
74yM TIL in 1944, Lt Leon Crane bailed out of a malfunctioning plane, survived in Alaskan wilderness for 81 days, and walked 120 miles to safety
JY7wQ TIL: roundabouts have many benefits such as, reducing crashes by 39% and decreasing fatality rate from crashes by 90%, costs less to maintain and saves gas consumption by 30%.
51x8 TIL the US spent an estimated 50,000 rounds of M-16 ammo per enemy kill during the Vietnam War.