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TIL that "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" is a 45-letter word that refers to a lung disease caused by silica particles.

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1Vld TIL that a young French soldier requested service in the Russian military and was rejected twice. That young man was Napoleon Bonaparte.
m1dOE TIL that Art Garfunkel has walked across Japan, United States and most of Europe completing over 10,000 miles.
ngoB TIL the Russian Navy claimed three divers were killed and others injured by humanoid creatures in silver clothing in the depths of Lake Baikal
P1PNe TIL that the British were the first to call the sport "soccer," as a shortening of "association football"
gr8v7 TIL: Of the Battle Of Athens, Tennessee in 1946. The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused ...