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TIL Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of very long words

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1ZGD TIL that Amanda Tapping was willing to give up her role as Samantha Carter on Stargate SG-1 if they made her wear a low-cut top and push-up bra as part of her uniform instead of normal BDU’s.
gML5W TIL a TV station in Atlanta, Georgia once broadcast a story on a new kind of Krispy Kreme donut. The caption in the image behind the on-air reporter read, "So good you'll suck dick."
jK8R TIL that there is no commercially funded coral snake anti venom in the United States. Production was halted after it was deemed unprofitable.
awlPo TIL President Kennedy was prescribed a rocking chair for back pain. He found one he liked so much he bought 14 copies for the Oval Office, Camp David, Air Force One, and homes of his family. He also gifted them to heads of state.
7ZKp TIL the Grammy awards were invented to counter the exploding popularity of Rock ‘n Roll in the 1950’s