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TIL that Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words

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9DQ6 TIL the city of New York will pay for a one-way plane ticket for any homeless person if they have a guaranteed place to stay
N7eGb TIL that a stop-motion animator for Robot Chicken uses a modified Nintendo Power Glove for his work.
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