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Today's fact
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes. On August 27, 1896, the Anglo-Zanzibar War began and ended on the same morning after British warships opened fire on the palace. Zanzibar suffered nearly 500 casualties; Britain had one sailor lightly wounded.
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