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TIL in Spain, it is tradition for hunters to kill their Spanish Greyhound hunting dogs at the end of the hunting season. Young healthy dogs are hung, shot, maimed and/or strangled and left to die.

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Eg90d TIL the shortest war in history, the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896, lasted only 38-45 minutes. The UK fought the Zanzibar Sultanate over a new Sultan who did not have British approval. The outcome was a puppet government with heavy British influence over Zanzibar.
neloY TIL that some dinosaurs, due to their enormous size, would have very lightweight bones supported by systems of air sacs. These features were precursors to adaptations that would eventually allow for avian flight.
NBAJ TIL, in 1946 NACA (now known as NASA) subjected a human test subject to winds of up to 457mph in the name of science.
ZplrQ TIL the “Tylenol murders” were the driving force behind tamper-resistant packaging for over-the-counter meds
Wk5Y8 TIL not only was Sterling Holloway Jr. the voice actor of the snake Kaa in the 1967 “The Jungle Book” and the Cheshire Cat in the 1951 “Alice in Wonderland”, but most famously he was the original voice of Pooh from “Winnie the Pooh”.