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TIL that Iceland fought three wars with the United Kingdom between 1958 and 1976, winning every time

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j6d0M TIL about the Egyptian god Bes, protector of good things and households, whose depiction differs from the other Egyptian gods in that he faces forward rather than a side profile.
jpnj TIL Saddam Hussein offered to step down to exile from the Iraqi government in 2003 prior to the invasion if he was allowed to keep USD $1 Billion
QJe99 TIL the longest prison sentence ever given in the U.S. was a sentence for 30,000 years!
VM5aB TIL Michelle Birnbaum, a Mother from New Jersey gave birth to a daughter, Rose on Feb 29 2008, coincidentally she's also born on a Leap year in 1980. The odds of mother & child sharing birthday on Leap Year is 1 is to 2 Million
W7kM4 TIL that Nikola Tesla was born around midnight, between July 9 and July 10, 1856 during a fierce lightning storm.