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TIL Saddam Hussein made all education, including Higher Education, free for all Iraqis.

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M61V TIL the show Deadliest Catch negatively impacts the entire Bering Sea crabbing industry by artificially lowering the operating costs of the boats on the show due to their subsidy from Discovery, allowing them to undercut the competition
05R5 TIL that under Hitler, wage-earners’ health care became unlimited, and maternity leave was extended to twelve fully paid weeks with job protection.
jNbKp TIL: Jaywalking was made a crime, primarily due to car makers wanting to shift blame of accidents to pedestrians, instead of drivers. This was done to help prevent the image of the car as being a dangerous luxury, which would have hurt sales.
6EjnZ TIL Owen Wilson attempted suicide in 2007 causing him to drop out from his role in the movie Tropic Thunder.
EgmRo TIL of Henry "Hang-On Hank" Dempsey, who accidentally ended outside of a plane and hung on until his co-pilot landed the plane.