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TIL: Saddam Hussein was behind the world’s largest bank robbery, about $1 billion

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69Y9W TIL that dimples on a golf ball first became a feature when William Taylor registered a patent for a dimple design in 1905.
neamW TIL that teen suffered third-degree burns after a brief encounter with a giant hogweed while gardening for his summer job. Giant hogweed is federally listed as a dangerous, noxious plant, and this is because contact with its sap can cause the skin to be extra sensitive to sunlight.
E1NNw TIL that Clint Eastwood hated the cigars that his character smoked in the “Dollars Trilogy”. Because he would have to do multiple takes, he smoked them quite a bit. According to Eli Wallach, Eastwood would sometimes tell the director: “You’d better get it this time, because I’m going to throw up.”
YpQoW TIL that male horses are often "fixed" to make them less aggressive and easier to control, then they are called a "gelding"
xVJP0 TIL that the record high temperature in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (87.1 F / 30.6 C), is colder than that of Edinburgh, Scotland (88.9 F / 31.6 C)