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TIL that the shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes between the countries of Zanzibar and Great Britain.

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mxQQM TIL Al Goldstein an American pornographer, In 1989, ran a full page ad in "Screw" offering $1 million for the assassination of the Ayatollah Khomeini, in response to Khomeini's fatwa against novelist Salman Rushdie for allegedly blaspheming Islam.
Oorne TIL: Researchers taught African grey parrots to buy food using tokens. They were then paired up, one parrot given ten tokens and the other none. Without any incentive for sharing, parrots with tokens started to give some to their broke partners so that everyone could eat.
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yYge TIL that Reed Hasting started Netflix after receiving $40 in late fees when returning Apollo 13.
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