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TIL There is a mosque in Birmingham, England, built in 1988, that was originally named the President Saddam Hussein Mosque. Saddam Hussein had donated £2 million for its construction. In 2003, it was renamed the Jame Masjid Mosque in response to growing anti-Muslim sentiment after the 9/11 attacks.

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dJ5j TIL (1940) Niels Bohr dissolved two 23-karat gold Nobel prize medals in three parts hydrochloric acid and one part nitric acid and hid it from the invading Nazis. In 1952 the medals were restruck and returned to their owners.
Epk7 TIL the movie “The China Syndrome”, which tells the story of a reporter who discovers safety coverups at a nuclear power plant, was met with backlash from the nuclear power industry for being “sheer fiction”. Twelve days later, the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown accident occurred.
AM17 TIL After his success in the Harry Potter films Rupert Grint bought a 1974 Mr Whippy Bedford van to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an ice cream man. He drives around local villages giving free ice cream and lollipops to children.
yVOlM TIL Roy Sullivan is believed to have been struck by lightning 7 times throughout his life. He began carrying a can of water incase he caught on fire (which he did!)
gMjZW TIL: dogs can have braces