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Saddam Hussein had a Koran that was written in his own blood!

The former dictator had 27 liters (7 gallons) of his own blood drawn out of his body to be used as ink. This project reportedly took him only 2 years to do, which, if true, could have killed him. All 114 chapters (336,000 words!) of the holy book were written in blood, and the new bloody book was placed into a secure vault in Baghdad. Now that the dictator is gone, the question of what to do with the book remains a contentious issue. Writing a Koran in blood is considered to be blasphemous, but its destruction would also be blasphemous.
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The creators of YouTube originally were working on a dating site.

Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim met as employees of PayPal. They got their first big payout when Ebay bought Paypal in 2002. The trio decided to team up on some new projects. Their initial plan, a dating site called Tune In Hook Up, fizzled out. They were then inspired by the fact that they had a hard time finding good videos of stuff online (specifically, the 2004 Tsunami in the Indian Ocean, and Janet Jackson’s nip-slip incident during the Super Bowl). They got the idea to have a website where users can share and host videos, and thus history was made (thanks, in part, to PayPal, Janet Jackson, a tsunami, and a failed dating site).
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Lara Croft's large breasts were the result of an accidental mouse click!

Wanting to stray as far from any Indiana Jones imagery as possible with Tomb Raider, video game developer Core Design originally chose a strong South American female as their lead character. Lead artist Toby Gard chose the name ‘Laura Cruz’, but, seeing as Core Design had recently been acquired by another British company, upper management preferred something a bit more ‘Brit-friendly.’ Therefore, the team voted on names from a local phone book, with the winner being ‘Lara Croft’.

After modifying her backstory to fit the new name, the developers had to create a digital model of their heroine. It took just over 540 polygons to complete her figure, and the end result was the most realistic in-game character that had been seen at the point! With her long braid, tiny shorts, and twin pistols at her sides, Miss Croft was ready for action. All along, Gard had intended to give his adventurer somewhat exaggerated features, but her hefty bosom was actually a complete accident. While adjusting her figure, he increased her bust size THREE his intended 50% adjustment! The enhancement was met with unanimous approval from his team before he was ever able to change it back...and so a teenage video game fantasy was born.
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A 17-year old Chinese student sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPad 2 and an iPhone!

Xiao Zheng of the Anhui province met a broker on the Internet that claimed he could sell his kidney for $3,000. In late April, Zheng traveled to a hospital in Chenzhou to make good on this transaction by having his right kidney removed! When Zheng came home with the two brand-new Apple devices, his mother was naturally a bit inquisitive. Upon finding out how her son acquired enough money for the tech, she called the authorities, but they were not able to locate the broker. Astoundingly, the hospital which performed the surgery was not even authorized to do organ transplants! And what’s worse, another broker said kidneys were normally sold for much more across the country - typically a sum of $5,400, plus a bonus of $300 to $1,500!
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Google has changed its logo over a thousand times!

The idea for Google’s “Doodles” originated back in 1998 when its founders Larry and Sergey played with their logo to indicate that they were in attendance at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. A few doodles were posted sporadically for the next couple of years, mostly for holidays and other major events. In 2000, the CEOs asked future webmaster Dennis Hwang (then just an intern) to design a doodle logo for Bastille Day. The pair enjoyed his result so much that he was named the company’s chief doodler. Since that time, a much larger team of designers has been employed to meet the international demand for Google doodle redesigns. They have created 1,126 to date, including over 300 doodles in America and over 700 international designs!
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You can check out every Google Doodle ever done!