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TIL the most sadistic word in the English language: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

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nVBY TIL because their shows were so large, Van Halen inserted a clause in the middle of its contract requesting a bowl of M&Ms in the dressing room with all brown pieces removed. If they were not removed, they line-checked the entire production, often finding potentially life threatening oversights.
e0KvL TIL that GoBots were the first robot transforming toy of the 1980's, predating Transformers by a year.
R7aQl TIL the United States Air Force F-22A Raptor stealth fighter jet "has a radar cross-section smaller than a bumblebee, making it nearly undetectable." And the Raptor's radar "changes frequencies over 1,000 times per second to deter detection by enemy forces."
epxn5 TIL: Zheng Yi, was a powerful pirate lord who married a floating brothel Madame to combine his might and her information web. This led to the foundation of the Red Flag Fleet, one of the most powerful fleets in China. He then died, and his wife married their stepson and became a female pirate lord.
m1LgR TIL of Guinea-worm disease where a worm is ingested from contaminated water & around a year later the worm exists slowly usually from the leg, leaving disabling the person for 3-10 weeks. Wrapping the worm around a stick induces it to come out with gentle tension but too much tension can kill it.