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TIL the Sami languages of Norway, Sweden and Finland, have as many as 300 different words for types of snow, tracks in snow, and conditions of the use of snow.

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ZJ8Q TIL In the late 90s, Saddam Hussein commissioned a Quran to be written in his own blood. Now, Muslim leaders aren’t sure what to do with it–To write the Quran in blood was a sin, but to destroy it would also be a sin.
dmG8 TIL that in response to her husband’s infidelity, a woman from Prague decided to commit suicide by jumping from her third-story balcony. By chance she happened to land on her spouse below, cushioning her fall. She survived, but he died.
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