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TIL Fedayeen Saddam troops wore Darth Vader styled helmets mainly because Uday Hussein was a fan of Star Wars.

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GanE TIL the tallest tree in the world, the largest tree in the world (by volume) and the oldest tree in the world (non-clonal) are all in California.
J1g5m TIL Every New York City lease once expired simultaneously. A colonial tradition later codified into law, all leases expired at 9AM on May 1 or "Moving Day". When Moving Day peaked in the early 1900’s, an estimated one million people all changed residences at the same time.
14X TIL the country of Liechtenstein is so small that in 2007, Swiss troops accidentally invaded it after getting lost in a rain storm
JnyB TIL Cats are the most popular pets in the world and that 1 out of every 3 American households have one.
RRG1 TIL that it took Rubik a month to solve his own creation (“Who Created the Rubik’s Cube?” Paragraph 3)