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TIL There’s a donut shop in Portland, OR that used to have Nyquil and Pepto-Bismol donuts

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e0M45 TIL about the Gombe Chimpanzee War, a violent conflict between two communities of chimpanzees that lasted 4 years
ZpJKv TIL that more than half of the 102 sq km (39 sq mi) island of Montserrat is in an exclusion zone due to volcanic activity.
GYMNj TIL that New Jersey made the tomato their state vegetable in 2005, justifying the decision with an 1893 ruling by the Supreme Court that although tomatoes are actually fruits, they would be legally considered vegetables.
9L57 TIL a staff writer for The New Yorker came to the office every day from 1964 to his death in 1996 – and never published a single story
JBP4 TIL Hugo Jaeger, Hitler’s personal photographer and loyal follower, hid away his color photograph to avoid prosecution, then sold them to Life Magazine for a profit in 1955.