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TIL that Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words

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KLZR TIL Fritz Haber helped feed the world, but he also developed the first chemical weapon used in warfare. He is often referred to as “father of chemical warfare.” Haber may have saved more lives than anyone else in history, but he did so accidentally while trying to formulate new ways to kill people.
b95nj TIL People with arteriosclerosis have pimple-like growths, called plaques, inside their artery walls. These pimples are stuffed with a kind of pus. When a large, ugly yellow plaque pops open, it attracts red blood cells that form a clot, blocking the artery and causing a heart attack or stroke.
dwB8 TIL that there are more native Spanish speakers in the US than there are in Spain
YXad TIL post office workers once sent a live cat through the pneumatic mail tube system in New York.
aP09 TIL that British power companies have to be ready for the usage surge caused by Brits simultaneously turning on their electric kettles to make tea during commercial breaks in popular TV shows.