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TIL the 'Longest' word has 189,819 letters and takes three hours to pronounce

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BgJxe TIL that captured slaves used to be housed in castles on west coast of Africa before being loaded in ships bound for Europe/North America
prAe TIL Pablo Escobar murdered a Presidential candidate/The secretary of Justice/The inspector General/various congressman/kidnapped the future president/murdered the Chief editor of the biggest Newspaper/and bankrolled an operation that ended with the death of almost all the supreme court justices
R7mQ7 TIL Fergie was not an original member of Black Eyed Peas. She replaced Kim Hill who left from growing concerns of objectification as the group was going mainstream in the early 2000s.
VMoxZ TIL A Marathon is so called, because the message runner from the Battle of Marathon, had to run 26 miles back to Athens to report the victory. He proclaimed "Nike, Nike" (meaning 'victory') before collapsing and dying.
gMrlb TIL Diehard Star Trek Fans Ranked Galaxy Quest the 7th Best Star Trek film