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TIL Saddam Hussein purchased 4,000 PlayStation 2s in attempt to create a military supercomputer.

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8aVBL TIL Christmas for children in Australia means kangaroos (called "boomers") pulling Santa Claus throughout the country. Children leave beer out for Santa Claus because it's summertime in Australia and very hot!
XEWjE TIL that Superman had an alternative story where Superman's rocket ship lands on a Ukrainian collective farm rather than in Kansas.
yVWXp TIL that the Presidential transition between Truman and Eisenhower was extraordinarily acrimonious. In their car ride to the capital for the inauguration, Eisenhower wondered aloud "what SOB ordered my son back [from Korea], just to embarrass me.” Truman replied "I did."
M7OdB TIL Jeff Bezos' salary as Amazon CEO was always $81,840. His wealth is largely tied to his 11% ownership of Amazon stock which originally cost $18 a share.
DBnv TIL Royal eunuchs in Korea were castrated by applying human feces to the testicles, and having a dog bite them off.