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TIL: in 1974 there was a Four-Year War between two communities of chimpanzees called the Gombe Chimpanzee War

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oBwVL TIL that up to 1921, the winners of the previous year's Championship at Wimbledon were automatically granted byes into the final round. This led to many winners retaining their titles in successive years, as they were able to rest while their opponent competed from the start of the tournament.
d8n4j TIL of Osborne v Ohio, in which the United states supreme court ruled 6-3 that possession of child pornography can be banned. Justices William Brennan, John Paul Stevens, and Thurgood Marshall dissented, arguing that possession of child porn is a constitutional right.
WknQB TIL a study in 2017 found that while break-ups take a more immediate emotional toll on women, men often never fully recover — they simply move on.
WWVX TIL The Iron Giant was remastered and released in 2015 with a new scene shedding ‘some’ light on the Giant’s origin/purpose.
yQ9NX TIL that by transmitting diseases, mosquitoes cause the deaths of more people than any other animal taxon: over 700,000 each year. It has been claimed that almost half of the people who have ever lived have died of mosquito-vectored disease.