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TIL, William Shakespeare invented or introduced over 1,700 words into the English language that we still use today.

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OoXL6 TIL that an invasive population of piranhas lived and reproduced for years in a Florida tourist attraction called "Monkey Jungle."
OprX TIL A man was imprisoned for 25 years before a hotel receipt finally proved he could not have been at the scene of the crime he had been falsely convicted for.
xVAOo TIL of Titin, the largest known protein. The full chemical name of titin contains 189,819 letters and is sometimes stated to be the longest word in English, or of any language, but generic names of chemical compounds are regarded as verbal formulae.
QJVea TIL of Norah Vincent, a writer who disguised herself as a man named 'Ned' for an experiment where she discovers the advantages and struggles that men face in today's society. Her experiment is recorded in her book 'Self-Made Man'
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