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TIL “Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all letters in alphabetical order.

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AdOw TIL UFC fighter Meisha Tate was vacationing with her boyfriend and his parents when his mother suffered an asthma attack while snorkeling and almost drowned. Unable to perform CPR due to a closed throat, Meisha saved her by repeatedly taking puffs from an asthma inhaler and blowing it into her lungs
mapp TIL that the Postmaster general is the second highest paid government official after the President
p8jee TIL Earl grey tea is named after British Prime Minister Charles Grey, who abolished slavery across the British empire and passed the great reform act.
lOvN TIL that NFL legend Walter Payton originally didn’t want to play high school football, because his brother played and he didn’t want to compete with him. He only agreed to try out after receiving assurances that he wouldn’t have to quit the marching band, where he was an accomplished drummer
LkQK9 TIL: Near-perfect ellipsoid lenses have been found among viking artifacts. Hinting that the Vikings likely made telescopes 1000 years ago, 500 years before Galileo.