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TIL in 1986, Saddam Hussein built Iraq’s largest dam. He decided to call it “Saddam”

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KO6na TIL Shanidar 1 was a Neanderthal fossil that, even though he developed several severe disabilities while he was alive, lived to be 35-45 years old because his social group fed and cared for him.
P1PBV TIL about Ryleyev Kondraty Fodorovich a poet who was sentenced to be hung for this role in the Decembrist Uprising. The rope broke which usually led to a pardon, seen as divine intervention but he said, "In Russia not know how to do anything properly, not even how to make a rope." He was hung again
M7AaW TIL there is a thunderstorm named Hector that appears every 6 months in the same exact spot.
VBkZQ TIL about London bus driver, Albert Gunter. He found his bus on the London Bridge just was it was opening for a ship. He slammed the gas and jumped the gap. For this, he was given a bonus of £10 (about £290 in today’s money)
kJLgd TIL that the singer of “Be Prepared” from The Lion King is in dispute. While credited to Jeremy Irons, Jim Cummings (voice of Ed the Hyena) has variously claimed that he sang all or part of the song. Some have noted a slight shift in the vocals of the final verse.