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TIL the longest word in any language is the chemical name of the titan protein which is 189819 letters.

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BrJVx TIL of Jewel Shuping, a woman with normal eyesight, but who yearned to be blind. She eventually found a psychologist who was willing to help her in her quest. He dripped drain cleaner into her eyes, and 6 months later, she got her wish and completely lost her sight.
JYOM8 TIL There are only 5 countries (the Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Palau and the United States) in the world that use the Fahrenheit scale as the standard temperature measurement in everyday life.
Wlb8 TIL that in Greek mythology Zeus thought that the Earth is overpopulated and Trojan War was instigated to depopulate the Earth.
ak5J TIL: US soldiers raped, burned and killed a 14yo Iraqi girl and killed 3 members of her family including 6yo sister
QDNk TIL The game show Match Game was set to be cancelled and with nothing left to lose a question writer for the show started writing risque questions. As a result the ratings picked back up and the show was uncancelled.