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TIL that Saddam Hussein’s love of a grilled fish dish called masgouf caused the U.S. to discover Saddam Hussein’s hiding place in 2003.

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b9lMa TIL Wimbledon employs a bird of prey, Rufus the Hawk, to keep pigeons away from the tennis courts.
LRXP TIL: Japanese CEO, who took paycut for the employees’ salary, when told about America’s pay-gap, said “We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics.”
VPl0 TIL 54% of the U.S. Senate Represents 17.8% of the National Population
P1bJn TIL there has never been a case of fentanyl overdose through skin contact or accidental inhalation by police that was confirmed by toxicology reports. Police coming into contact and reporting getting an accidental overdose were actually psychologically induced: panic attack vs. opioid overdose.
woYgE TIL about Níðhöggr, a dragon who gnaws at the root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. Níðhöggr's name refers to its role as a monster who chewed the corpses of the inhabitants of Náströnd: those guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking.