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

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E1YOp TIL that American wine had a terrible reputation until an event in 1976, called the Judgment of Paris. Wine industry luminaries blind tasted California and renowned French wines, side by side, and scored them. Surprisingly, the winning red and white wines were both from California.
65jY TIL That the national animal of North Korea is the human.
W7gJA TIL that the two major political parties/groupings in Victorian Britain used gentlemen's social clubs as their official headquarters, complete with printing presses and mail franking, whilst horse-drawn cabs ferried MPs from the club to Parliament for votes in 8 minutes flat.
4kVMJ TIL the Madvillainy album by MF DOOM and Madlib was made with just a $13,000 budget and a contract that was written and signed on a paper plate.
pYZGO TIL that the Tower of B*bel was built to avoid a second fl**d by humans who all spoke a single language. As a result, they were punished by being scattered and made to speak different languages, so they could no longer understand each other