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TIL there’s video of Saddam Hussein becoming dictator of Iraq in 1979 at a Baath party leadership meeting, where he named some members as traitors – and then ordered the rest to go outside and execute them

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VM6rk TIL 1980s Indy Car driver took stock options out of spite after being fired, with a 14000% profit currently.
Wkkd4 TIL Steve-O was nearly mauled by a lion while shooting one of the one of the first Nintendo Ds commercials
8ee9L TIL frankincense and myrrh are derived from the hardened resin of desert dwelling plants. The resin gets its aroma from antibacterial chemicals meant to protect the plant from infection.
J1vll TIL that there were all metal lighter-than-airships built and operated and that ZMC-2 was the most successful, completing over 750 flights.
ZBxo TIL about Derek Black, son of former KKK Grand Wizard Don Black and Godson of David Duke. Derek; the host of a white nationalist radio show and heir-apparent leader of the “white nationalists” publicly renounced his beliefs and broke all ties with the group in 2012 - at the age of 23.