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TIL that Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words

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XEm6E TIL that allspice is commonly thought to be a blend up multiple spices, but is actually the ground berry of a single evergreen tree. It features flavors similar to cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.
N7MMb TIL about Werner Goldberg, a blond-haired blue-eyed German soldier who was used in Nazi propoganda and recruiting as the "ideal German Soldier". He was later dismissed as he was part Jewish.
LQvv0 TIL that while rare, your blood type can change.