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

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n9MW TIL The faces on Mount Rushmore will outlast Neil Armstrong’s footprint on the moon. Armstrong’s lunar print is there to stay for about 1 million years. The faces on Mount Rushmore will still be here on Earth for 6 million years after the footprint is gone.
lomaV TIL the American Cheetah, Miracinonyx trumani, is thought to be the main reason why Pronghorn are the fastest mammals in the Western Hemisphere, as the are much faster than any extant predator.
4Wda TIL that the entirety of China follows one timezone, despite the fact that it spans five. This is due to the Communist party’s efforts to create a unified nation and results in a 10am sunrise and midnight sunset in some areas of the country.
Z8BL4 TIL that the velociraptor noises in Jurassic Park are actually tortoises having sex
YpYx TIL Adwaita, the world’s oldest tortoise that died only 6 years ago, was born 26 years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.