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v1jEx TIL that the Lobster War was a three-year long war between Brazil and France over spiny lobsters in Brazil's coast. The Brazilian government refused to allow French vessels to catch spiny lobsters 100 miles off the Brazilian coast. No one died during the conflict
awlNy TIL that Aretha Franklin had her first child at the age of 12.
o4Er TIL the condoms supplied by The World Health Care Organization (WHO) to India are too big for over 60 percent of indian penises, making condom malfunctions occur 20% of the time.
X0ap8 TIL in 1979, the descendants of the famous feuding Hatfield and McCoy families appeared on a special week-long taping of Family Feud. A pig was kept on stage during the games. The McCoys won 3-2, but the Hatfields won more money total
VB5Lk TIL scientists in 2007 managed to resurrect an ancient retrovirus using virus DNA fragments embedded in the human genome.