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TIL Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of very long words

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WkYlN TIL some of the first US spy satellites took imagery on 70 millimeter film, which was recovered by dropping huge film canisters from space and catching them mid-air by a passing US Air Force plane
OGJ16 TIL that tie dye is very old and was independently created in China, Japan, pre Colombian Peru, and India almost two thousand years ago
6Lbl TIL: The New Zealand government agreed to remove the right of workers to organise trade unions in the film production industry, and to give money to big budget films made in New Zealand in return for Warner Bros making The Hobbit films in New Zealand.
4XaBg TIL non-invasive prenatal testing, which draws blood from the mom to detect fetal abnormalities, can detect maternal cancer. Multiple severe chromosomal abnormalities can mean mom has cancer rather than fetus has many birth defects
obVK TIL that there is a high school in Philadelphia that is allowed to confer degrees as well as high school diplomas. Some graduates are granted a Bachelor of Arts at graduation.