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TIL the longest one-syllable word in English is squirreled

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x6oJ7 TIL that there was a 60s band named Nirvana that tried to sue the 90s band for having the same name as them. They wanted to cover them after that, but the project was scrapped due to Kurt Cobains death.
b9Ly9 TIL Memorial Day was started by freed slaves to honor soldiers who died during the civil war
AE9d TIL there is a species of fungus called “Spongiforma squarepantsii” named after the character “SpongeBob SquarePants”
mxR5R TIL there’s a country called Chad, and the people who live there are called Chadians.
a1jy TIL the LEGO Movie incorporated actual fan-made short LEGO films into its plot. You can see them on the monitors in the scene where the citizens discover their creativity.