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TIL that Primm in Fallout New Vegas is a real Nevada town, and there is a Buffalo Bill casino there that has an actual rollercoaster.

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OG8P4 TIL about the world's shortest war between two countries. 38 Minutes of British Naval Bombardment made the Sultan of Zanzibar flee to the German consulate for asylum. He was quite rightfully denied asylum and quickly surrendered.
VM5j4 TIL that Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was the first woman to get a Ph.D in computer science.
XEOdR TIL Pangolins are believed to be the world's most trafficked mammal, accounting for as much as 20% of all illegal wildlife trade. Their scales can cost more than $3,000/kg on the black market.
Xgnr TIL asparagus can grow up to 7 inches in a day, and a farmer can harvest spears more than once a day from the same plant.
l7lAA TIL, that Lieutenant Elmo Zumwalt III contracted cancer and died at 42, after getting exposed to Agent Orange while deployed in Vietnam. It was his father, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt who ordered the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam.