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TIL: Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, because of an insulting comment by one of its emirs.

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7rAr TIL of a 1970s childrens book called Show Me!, it depicts children from ages 6 to their early teens exploring eachother sexually. It received many awards and good reviews, but was pulled from shelves do to the sex abuse hysteria.
4XDA6 TIL After a flat hunter in Israel sent a prospective landlord ????????????‍✌️☄️????️???? emojis before declining the offer for the apartment, the emojis formed evidence used by the landlord to argue that he had been misled. The sender was ordered to pay the owner $2 200 for lost rent.
pmjO TIL that in 2009, within one month of each other, 16-year-olds in Canada and Taiwan discovered plastic-eating microorganisms that could potentially solve our plastic and styrofoam waste problems.
nW749 TIL Black wolves carry the K-locus mutation which causes their color. This gene provides greater immune defense during disease outbreaks, resulting in greater survivorship. Grey wolves, by contrast, are more aggressive during territorial conflicts.
5YZLr TIL: The Guinness book of records was invented by the Guinness beer folks. They figured a book of verifiable facts would help stop bar arguments.