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TIL that the longest war in history lasted 335 years and 19 days between the Dutch Republic and the Isles of Scilly.

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vjDB TIL that a California prison inmate smuggled 2 boxes of staples, a pencil sharpener, sharpener blades, and 3 jumbo binder rings in his rectum, earning him the nickname “O.D.”—“Office Depot.”
gMpND TIL in 1998, a married couple was left behind during a diving trip to the Great Barrier Reef. Two days passed before anyone realized what had happened. Despite a 5-day search, the couple was never found. A dive slate was later recovered which read "... rescue us before we die..."
eJe6 TIL that Nixon didn’t want pigeon poop along the path to his inauguration, so he had $13,000 of a chemical bird repellent sprayed on trees around the area. It turned out the spray was toxic, and instead of pigeon poop, Nixon had dead pigeons lining the path to his inauguration.
my9v TIL Roald Dahl wrote screenplays for two Ian Fleming novels, You Only Live Twice and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
p8lVG TIL Astronauts report blurred vision in low-gravity environments as one of the strangest effects of spaceflight on the human body.