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TIL that Saddam Hussein once pranked his guests by adding tabasco to koftas he cooked for them- some of the panicked guests initially fearing that the paranoid dictator had poisoned them.

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Yjjr TIL the man who made the “Heart Shaped Box” video for Nirvana was afraid to make another music video with them and said he wouldn’t do it. Kurt responded, “Well, if you don’t do it, I’ll never do another video again with anybody.” And he never did.
p8OYe TIL that the same company that made the titanic planned to build a ship larger than any other in the world but it was canceled because of the Great Depression
Lk48V TIL the 1989 Beastie Boys album "Paul’s Boutique" was created before copyright law for sampling was well established and it would cost at least $20 million to clear the samples if it were released today
Brmd TIL Hummingbirds are continuously hours away from starving to death, and are able to store just enough energy to survive overnight.
yQ4g8 TIL among other items left on the moon during the Apollo missions, there is $200 cash in 2-dollar bills.