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TIL of the longest word in Greek, a dish invented by the ancient comedian Aristophanes: Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon. Made of dogfish and pigeon.

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XErBR TIL of Orestes Lorenzo, a Cuban fighter pilot who defected to the US. He flew to Florida in a MiG-23 and requested his family join him, when his family were banned from leaving Cuba he raised money to buy a plane. He then flew back to Cuba, landed on a highway an bought his family back himself.
LkrO9 TIL Bhutan has never been conquered or occupied through all its history
N76X8 TIL Burr tried to start his own country in Mexico after the duel with Hamilton
GYLQN TIL that Abraham Lincoln is enshrined in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.
x6Ex1 TIL that the final Jackson 5 tour was such a financial disaster for the concert promoter that he was forced to sell the New England Patriots to cover the costs