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TIL In 1980, the city of Detroit gave Saddam Hussein a key to the city. In recognition of donations he made to local Chaldean churches.

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4XkO6 TIL Paul Hellyer, former Minister of Defense of Canada, revealed alien life is "as real as the planes flying overhead" and stated, "There are alive ET's on Earth at this present time and at least two of them probably working with the United States government".
d8kVK TIL David Bowie's Heroes was recorded with one microphone 22cm (9 inches) away from him, another one 6m (20 feet) away, and the last one 15m (50 feet) away, so that he'd have to adjust his tone in different parts of the song (in the 6 minute album version, link in comments)
7Nab TIL In WWII, a soldier named Don Karkos was hit with shrapnel and blinded his right eye, 64 years later while working at a barn, a horse head butted him in the same spot, threw him against the wall and suddenly his vision was restored.
jYmv TIL hip hop mogul, Nas is now a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, on the verge of becoming a billionaire.
Abdx TIL that Nylon is made by a reaction between two liquid components in which the Nylon can be continuously removed to form a string