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TIL Billionaire Libertarian Mark Cuban Pays More Than he is Required in Taxes Because, “It’s the most Patriotic thing you can do.”

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Y7D0G TIL - The longest word in any language is the chemical name for the protein Titin, also known as connectin, which has 189,819 letters? The word takes over three hours to pronounce in its entirety, and it would take more than 2,000 pages to write it out by hand.
5vPP TIL: A South African doctor tried to create a virus that would only affect black people.
yVKRX TIL An American Flag survived the Challenger explosion and was the flag raised at the 2002 Winter Olympics
vYOr TIL that surgeons who regularly play video games make 37% fewer errors and perform tasks 27% faster than their peers
neG1b TIL Tears caused by sadness, happiness, and onions look different under a microscope.