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TIL that the longest scientific name of any living or fossil organism is Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis, a bacterium isolated from soil collected at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, one of the longest place names in the world.

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a8YNZ TIL humans can have a form of echolocation.Just by clicking their tongue or simply snapping their fingers they can know where they are, or where to go.About 30 percent of blind people use this with their stick that most use. Even people who aren't blind can do this with lots of patience and training
VLoZ TIL that Superman was once bitten by Dracula. But because the Man of Steel is fueled by the sun, Dracula immediately exploded.
ZpjwG TIL in 1702, a British admiral attempted to attack a French naval squadron, but some of his captains refused to help, leading to the French escaping. The French admiral later wrote to the British admiral recommending that he execute the cowardly captains. He took his advice, shooting two of them.
Vndm TIL in 1988, Cuba was the only non-African nation to lend military support to anti-apartheid forces in South Africa that led to the successful defeat of US-backed mercenaries, and is an “example of principled anti-imperialist internationalism in the last decades of the twentieth century.”
WkwQd TIL the Mi-26 (Halo) is the world's largest helicopter to have gone into series production. It is over 26 feet in height, 131 feet in length, and its 8 rotors are nearly 50 feet long. It can hold 90 people.