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

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JNEj TIL Thrasyllus of Mendes commented on Caligula saying he had “no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse across the Bay of Baiae”. After he became emperor, Caligula constructed a temporary bridge across the Baiea using ships as pontoons and rode his horse across.
Z86W4 TIL the 1981 film "Roar" featured shoots with live animals that resulted in 70+ injuries including cinematographer Jan De Bont who needed 220 stitches to reattach his scalp
ep7D TIL That there is a compressed text file of 10 trillion digits of pi that is 7.6 TB
kA1d TIL As recently as 2009, China had elementary schools wholly sponsored by big tobacco. One in Sichuan had a message at the front gate that said “Tobacco can help you become an achiever”
LkErv TIL the story of Isaac Woodward. He was an African American WWII veteran who was badly beaten at a bus stop in 1946 for asking the driver to stop at a bathroom, blinding him in both eyes. His case brought the treating of veterans to light and the beginnings of the civil rights movement in the 1950’s