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R5L0l TIL before Mazda was a car company they were car bulbs a trademark of GE
ZGJG TIL that even though the Hindenburg was inflated with 7 million cubic feet of highly flammable hydrogen gas, it had a smoking room behind airlock doors.
R77k1 TIL Halloween is a satanic holiday and we should stop celebrating it
xVkDg TIL: The shortest war in history was fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar in 1896 and lasted 38 to 45 minutes. At 09.02 British ships started a bombardment of the sultan's palace which ended at 09.40. 500 Zanzibaris were killed, but only one British sailor was injured.
RAbl TIL As of 2009 the L.A. Country Club should have been paying $25 million per year in taxes but because of California Proposition 13, which keeps taxes at 1978 levels if a business does not change hands, the Club only paid $200,000