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TIL There were black slaveowners in America

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loQjB TIL Floccinaucinihilipilification is the longest non-technical word in the English language. It refers to the habit of dismissing things as useless
Bga8W TIL that one of the top convenience stores in Japan was founded in Ohio, and that there are now only 2 locations open in the United States
9YQEp TIL German engineer Bernd Brandes volunteered to be killed and eaten by aspiring cannibal Armin Meiwes, who placed an ad on the internet looking for someone to be killed and eaten. After eating Brandes and going to jail, Meiwes became a vegetarian.
XEYEj TIL that sliced bread was banned in 1943 to save money and help the economy during World War II
W4A9 TIL in 2009 a pigeon named Winston raced Telkom, South Africa’s largest ISP, to see who could deliver 4GB of data to a location 60 miles away the fastest. By the time Winston arrived with the 4GB flash drive, Telkom had transmitted only 4% of the data.