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W7X9B TIL: The Pig War of 1859 was a confrontation between the United States and Great Britain that started when an American settler killed a pig. The conflict grew to involve warships and hundred of troops on both sides.
X0evk TIL SONY installed rootkits on millions of PCs all to stop you from sharing music
M5P7 TIL Visitors entering the Catacombs of Paris are greeted with the chilling message Arrête, c’est ici l’empire de la mort (Halt! This is the empire of the dead!).
x6lX7 TIL that the first kiss captured on camera was between two women in 1887 by Eadweard Muybridge (contrary to Edison’s ‘The Kiss’ film, widely accredited to being the first kiss on camera - 9 years later)
nW607 TIL The state bird of Utah is the seagull or more specifically, the California Gull