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TIL in Vatican City, drug possession and dealing is not illegal

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Ooew4 TIL that the longest war in recorded history lasted 335 years and 19 days. It was between the Dutch and the Isles of Scilly, there were no casualties, and the Dutch actually forgot about the conflict until a Scilly historian contacted them about it in 1985. A treaty was signed between them in 1986.
WkLDd TIL Darwin had a gravel path installed at his home that he would walk around each day as he thought about problems. He would stack stones at the start of his walk and the knock them down one by one as he went round, describing the difficulty of the problem as a three, four, or five-flint problem.
bDBN TIL that in 1978 Aerosmith put up the money to bail out every arrested fan in a concert pot bust.
1lOP TIL: Cops can keep anything they seize, even if you are proven innocent. (In certain states)
bNN4 TIL that Elizabeth Taylor had a genetic mutation of the FOXC2 gene, which gave her an extra row of eyelashes.