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TIL that antidisestablishmentarianism, famous for being one of the longest words in the English language, is the belief that the government should continue recognizing an official state church.

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R7eGw TIL about Beauty, a Bald Eagle whose beak was shot off by a hunter. Bird sanctuary workers 3D-printed a prosthetic beak for her until her actual beak grew back.
R75ba TIL the inventor of the Pringles can had his ashes buried in one.
loOya TIL that teddy bears exist because "Teddy" Roosevelt refused to kill a real bear
ANpVx TIL Champignons de Paris (aka Button Mushrooms) were cultivated in the catacombs under Paris (where 6 million people were buried), where it was grown on horse manure
GA1g5 TIL The development cycle for Super Mario 64 was so hard that two programmers retired from developing video games completely because of it.