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TIL that Saddam Hussein owned a Quran written in his own blood.

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wbW TIL evidence for the Egyptian enslavement of the Israelites has not yet been found outside of the Bible; only evidence that it never happened
JLG1 TIL wild bananas are full of seeds and the ones we eat have been specially bred over the years to be seedless
m1G4x TIL George Washington feared that partisanship would lead to a “spirit of revenge” in which party men would not govern for the good of the people, but only to obtain and maintain their grip on power.
x6Mn5 TIL that there's an all women team competing in endurance racing, complete with an all woman crew. They race in the LMGTE/GT3 category and once won in their category in 2023, at a race in Bahrain.
kO4R5 TIL I learned that Zazu (that hornbill bird) from Disney’s The Lion King was voiced by Rowan Atkinson aka Mr. Bean.