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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/KieranWriter on 2024-08-24 11:28:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about the War of Jenkins’ ear - a war between Spain and England that started when a British captain, Robert Jenkins, presented his severed ear to the British Parliament, claiming a Spanish officer had cut it off.