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TIL Saddam Hussein was awarded the key to the city of Detroit in the 1980s

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woexY TIL Scientists genetically modified goats to spin spider silk from their udders. US Professor Randy Lewis transplanted a gene into the goats from a spider that allows the goats to produce milk containing an extra protein. This is then extracted from the goat milk and spun into spider silk thread.
e0DyL TIL that after the outbreak of the First World War Germany didn't stop the organization of the 1916 Olympic games because no one expected the war to continue for several years.
98Rr TIL They cut a small hole on the flag pole and had a vacuum hose attached that would suck in Flick (Scott Schwartz)’s tongue.
dYr7 TIL James Franco, a non-smoker, took up smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, learned to ride a motorcycle and play guitar, and cut himself off from his loved ones, all to prepare for his role as James Dean.
NeKJ TIL The largest bell in the world (Tsar Bell, over 200,000kg) has never been rung.