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TIL the longest place name in any English-speaking country and perhaps even the world is a hill in New Zealand named 'Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu'

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