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

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wJnJ TIL that when the author of Mary Poppins died she was such a miserable person that even her grandchildren reported that she “died loving no one and with no one loving her.”
rNaYy TIL HMS Discovery started out on Cook's third voyage three weeks after the HMS Resolution because the HMS Discovery's captain, Charles Clerke, had been in a debtor’s prison.
woegW TIL the first telephone switchboard operators were boys, but their "rude and abusive" behavior led them to be replaced by young women.
yNrv TIL Bill Gates wrote his high school’s class scheduling program. He modified it so that he was placed in classes with the “right” girls.
PYb9w TIL the Urumi Sword of India is considered the most dangerous sword to wield in history. Instead of a rigid blade, it is made of long, flexible, whip like blades that can be fitted to have more than one blade/whip per handle.