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TIL in 2000 Saddam Hussein anonymously published a romance novel called 'Zabiba and the King.'

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lxP5 TIL A former Israeli nuclear technician revealed details of Israel’s nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently lured to Italy by a Mossad agent, where he was drugged and abducted by Israeli intelligence agents.
6EYWW TIL that Malt-O-Meal (makers of those "off brand" cereals) are owned by Post making them effectively not off brand at all
VMRR0 TIL A British Royal Marine threw himself onto a grenade to save the lives of his comrades. His body armour and backpack shielded him from the blast. He was left with just a nosebleed and headache.
PYMvn Scientists have trained a spider named Kim to jump on command.
E6eo TIL: Nancy Grace embellished the story of her college fiance’s 1979 murder as a way to better support her image