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TIL that Eminem is commended in the 2015 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most words in a hit single, ‘Rap God’, totaling 1,560 words in 6 minutes, 4 seconds.

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XEEN8 When two black holes collide, the noises scientists hear are birdlike.
MeKnV TIL In 1898, Nikola Tesla tricked an entire crowd into believing they could control a boat by shouting commands – in fact he invented Radio Control and piloted the boat himself.
AN9oa TIL that a fear of long words can constitute a phobia, and it’s often referred to as Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
nxwY TIL While bored on set, Dame Judy Dench embroiders obscene phrases onto cushions, such as “You Are A Cunt” and gives them to her co-stars as presents.
Y7alP TIL any calculation requiring more than 10^120 bits can not be calculated as the universe has not existed long enough to provide time enough to resolve it, even assuming almost instantaneous information transmission