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TIL The Judge Who Sentenced Saddam Was Executed by ISIS

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E1jad TIL 19-year-old Jonathan Burton was killed by his fellow passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City after bursting into the cockpit in what investigators described as a case of "air rage." This incident occurred a year before 9/11.
awOPJ TIL that peanut butter was originally created for people in health spas and sanitariums as a protein rich food that didn't require chewing. Rich visitors popularized it amongst their friends and it was initially seen as luxury food.
kOxZe TIL that the steel used in MRI machines, geiger counters and other radiation detecting gear is primarily sourced from German WWI battleships, scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919 because the steel was made before nuclear bombs were detonated, thus contaminating the air with radionuclides in 1945.
XEnej TIL Before he became a children's entertainer, Blippi filmed himself pooping on people as part of his act.
PYlOE TIL After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Canada declared war on Japan before the US did