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TIL the longest one-syllable word in English is squirreled

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BbOD TIL Old grazing animals die of starvation because their teeth wear down and they cannot eat
ZplmQ TIL on Station Island in Ireland, St. Patrick was reputed to have found a cave that was a literal entrance into Purgatory. For hundreds of years, pilgrims travelled to the island and would spend the night in the cave, many of whom later emerged with fantastical tales of what they'd seen inside.
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kJVKe TIL Spain used to have festival where tradition was to throw a goat from the Church window.