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TIL Saddam Hussein kept a plaque that said "Three Whom God Should Not Have Created: Persians, Jews, and Flies" on his desk.

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16e98 TIL that the Y chromosome is passed almost unchanged from father to son, which is how scientists were able to trace a vast number of direct male descendants back to Genghis Khan.
yQk9J TIL that the Volvo XC90 has seen no passengers or drivers killed since its release in 2002.
gMvA4 TIL Sorrell Booke ("Boss Hogg") had degrees from Yale and Columbia, spoke 5 languages, was an intelligence officer in the Korean War, once conducted the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, wore a fat suit to play Boss Hogg
X6JR TIL that snub-nosed dog breeds continually struggle to breathe because of their deformity
d8DoZ TIL that in 1871 Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and Ohio politician defending a man accused of murder, accidentally shot himself while demonstrating how the victim might have accidentally shot himself. His client was cleared.