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TIL that Saddam Hussein’s regime genocided an entire race of 500,000 people known as the “Marsh Arabs” after the Persian Gulf War by literally destroying the environment that their entire civilation was built upon, building 32 dams to turn their homes and farms into desert.

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wnYo TIL that while Stalin was often depicted as physically massive and majestic (he had several painters shot who did not depict him “right”), he was only 5 feet 4 inches. Harry S. Truman described him as “A little squirt”
JD9l TIL Neanderthals had larger brains and much stronger bodies than modern day humans and even sailed thousands of years before us.
Z8bgv TIL that cats can easily survive falling at terminal velocity, and in fact have a higher rate of survival the further up they fall. One cat fell 32 floors onto concrete and survived with a chipped tooth.
rRELM TIL that November 17th is officially Danny DeVito Day in New Jersey in celebration of the actor, who is an Asbury Park native
JYxRQ TIL in 1961 Charlton Heston led a demonstration against segregated restaurants in Oklahoma