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TIL that the first Minister of Finance of Iraq was Jewish. One of his notable decisions was demanding that Iraq’s oil revenue be remunerated in gold rather than sterling - a decision that saved Iraq huge sums of money when the Pound sterling plummeted.

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yeAp TIL Crows can recognize individual human faces, and will warn/teach other crows of specific individuals they find threatning.
OoAne TIL that, unlike Mr. (an abbreviation of "mister"), it is rare for Mrs. to be written in a non-abbreviated form, and the unabbreviated word lacks a standard spelling. Missis, missus, misses, and even mis'ess have been used.
6g08 TIL That Jesus is mentioned more often in the Quran than Muhammad while Mary is mentioned in the Quran more than the New Testament.
16WgP TIL if you poop at the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, a truck has to take your waste out because the building isn't connected to the municipal sewage system! 💀
e0pGD TIL one of the earliest and most famous Muslims to travel through New Orleans and the New World was Prince Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim ibn Sori. The Prince read the Bible and admired its teachings but said “His principal objections are that Christians do not follow them.”