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TIL That in the 1980's, Saddam Hussein received a key to the city of Detroit

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a8wrJ TIL the inspiration for 'Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde' may have been French teacher Eugene Chantrelle, who was executed for the murder of his wife in May 1878. Chantrelle was believed to have poisoned others as well at dinner parties with a toasted cheese & opium.
OoN94 TIL The chief of security of the company hired to organize and promote McDonald's giveaways, stole almost all of the top prizes between 1995 and 2000. The scam netted over $24 million. The trial began on September 10, 2001, but was overshadowed in the media by the September 11 attacks.
Pwdn TIL that fascist dictator Francisco Franco brought back the Spanish Monarchy, but the King of Spain instituted a democracy instead as soon as he came into power.
xZr1 TIL that U.S. President Thomas Jefferson was also: a lawyer, an architect, president of the American Philosophical Society, a speaker of 5 languages, founder of the Univ. of VA., inventor of the swivel chair, and author to what is considered the most important American book published before 1800.
KO6v9 TIL Russian Navy Officer Vasili Arkhipov was credited with being the single vote that prevented a Soviet Nuclear Strike during the Cuban Missile Crisis.