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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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74J7 TIL: In 1922 the New York Times published an article on Hitler in which the author argued that “Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers.”
eppa6 TIL Hudson Bay and its shores are populated by more Beluga whales than people.
9YgyQ TIL GDP was invented just 86 years ago.
5YjD8 TIL that gum disease can be associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and that Alzheimer’s is associated with markers from oral bacterium P. gingivalis
WkQoN TIL Paul Simon sent David Draiman an email praising Disturbed's performance of The Sound of Silence