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TIL that the longest possible word in English has 189,819 letters and takes over 3 hours to pronounce.

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VB68D TIL The Balmoral Hotel clock in Edinburgh never shows the correct time
nePrb TIL of Stubbs, an honorary Mayor of a town in Alaska
m1rDv TIL an analysis of the lyrics of more than 12,000 English-language songs released between 1980-2020 (from the genres of rap, country, pop, R&B & rock) found that lyrics have become simpler, angrier, more repetitive & more self-obsessed over that period of time.
78Lpx TIL that in Mrs Doubtfire when she puts pepper on Stuart’s jambalaya and rings the bell, she shouts “Hot Jambalaya”. My entire childhood I’ve believed she shouted “Hutchimala” and never known what it meant.
Lkpvr TIL that for 2-syllable heteronyms (in English) that have 1 noun meaning and 1 verb meaning, there exist a pattern where the noun is 1st syllable stressed and the verb is 2nd syllable stressed, e.g Present, Record, Contract, Project, Insult