Friday, 21 August 2026
A hidden sentence, revealed by the answers to its clues. The clock starts when you press start — not before.
The Anglo-Zanzibar War, fought on 27 August 1896 between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar. Accounts put it at thirty-eight minutes from the opening shell to the surrender.
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