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

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dw6K TIL there was a ‘Little Ice Age’ in the 1810s, that ended in a year without summer. It was dubbed “Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death”
xVBgg TIL Tyrannosaurus Rex had the biggest eyes of any terrestrial animal (so it had superb eyesight), had the strongest bite force of any animal, had feathers and was one of the largest land predators to have ever lived.
xV8Rk TIL of Matvey Kuzmin, known as 'Lone Wolf', the oldest person to be awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. During WW2, a Nazi battalion paid him to lead them to the rear of Russian defenses. Instead, he led the battalion directly into an ambush. Realizing his betrayal, the Nazis killed him. He was 83.
7XXp TIL In Greek mythology, the cornucopia is an enchanted severed goat’s horn, created by Zeus as a baby to produce a never-ending supply of whatever the owner desires.
GAm9N TIL about Alex Zanardi, an Italian racing driver. In 2001, as a result of a crash during a race, he lost both of his legs. After the crash, he took up handcycling, a form of paralympic cycling, and won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics