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TIL the longest conflict in history was the Iberian Reconquista. The struggle between Christians and Muslims in the European peninsula took almost 800 years to resolve.

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Oomb6 TIL Max Hamburgers is the first hamburger restaurant ever to outcompete McDonald's, forcing them to close their restaurant in Luleå, Sweden, in 1991. When McDonald's returned to the city a few years later, the popularity of Max Hamburgers once again forced McDonald's out of business in 2007
9nLp TIL White Men Can’t Jump was listed as one of Stanley Kubrick’s favourite films.
k7YE TIL that the Joker appeared in Batman #1 and was Batman’s first “character” villain. Before him, Batman fought more traditional criminals, like mobsters.
5V9Qr TIL that Rüppell's griffon vulture has the highest documented altitude of any bird at 36k feet. Unfortunately this information was discovered after a Boeing 747 took the bird into the engine over western Africa.
J17nB TIL that because giraffes are prey animals and have adapted to survive on less sleep, in uncomfortable positions, and to avoid becoming dinner, they often sleep two to a hammock.