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TIL Tattooing was illegal until 1997 in New York.

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vPKpj TIL that the shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar, lasting only 38 minutes on August 27, 1896, after the British attacked and destroyed the Zanzibar royal palace.
e0JRL TIL that vanilla beans (like coffee beans) all taste differently based on their country or origin. Some taste like figs, others like cherries, some like licorice and all have a primary flavor of vanilla.
lovxN TIL humans are driving mammals to shift their activity from day to night making many of them nocturnal.
Q55p TIL that Agatha Christie was a surfer, and was probably among the first Brits to learn to surf standing up.
BrLXL TIL there is an all-female species of lizard, called the desert grassland whiptail lizard, which reproduces asexually.