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TIL The Mexican Drug War is considered to be one of the largest currently ongoing armed conflicts based on number of recent fatalities.

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R59aa TIL - Every episode of Seinfeld had unique an intro theme music. Composer Jonathan Wolff would create music for each, timed around Jerry’s intro stand-up bit.
X0A4X TIL game designer Will Wright (creator of The Sims) held the record for the illegal 'Cannonball Run' race to drive across the US in 1980, driving from New York to California in 33 hours 9 minutes
DA9r TIL a Harvard/Google study found the English language to contain 1,022,000 words
vomr TIL there are prime numbers that are illegal to possess or distribute. One of the first ones, found in 2001, was used to bypass copyright protection on DVDs.
g8PD TIL the Olsen Twins purchased sole ownership of an entertainment company in 2004 and turned it into a billion-dollar enterprise.