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TIL that Saddam Hussein had a daughter named Hala of whom no photographs or records exist, and that her current whereabouts are unknown.

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690LX TIL that in Venezuela, they have an avocado sauce similar to guacamole called guasacaca, and it's served with arepas and Venezuelan barbecue.
x69Eg TIL the town of Lincoln, Illinois was named after Abraham Lincoln eight years before he became president. He was the attorney for the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad that led to its founding.
a4KZ TIL that in 1932, a small Austrian town greatly reduced unemployment by issuing a new currency that would automatically lose 1 percent of its value for each month that it went unspent. Hundreds of towns in the U.S. set up similar systems, but in 1933 President Roosevelt outlawed them.
nemQ7 TIL David Bleak, an Army Medic during the Korean War, reacted to an ambush by running into the trench, breaking one enemy's neck, crushing another's windpipe, then plunging his knife into the chest of a third. He then threw himself atop an American soldier to shield him from the blast of a grenade.
9wdeX TIL the United States travel advisory for Americans going to Somalia include: “have a designated family member for hostage negotiations” and "draft a will."