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TIL that Aegilops (a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family; types of goatgrass) is the longest English word with letters arranged in alphabetical order.

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D1X6V TIL English rock band 10cc’s 1975 mini-operetta “Une Nuit A Paris” became an inspiration for both Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the overture for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera.”
l75rG TIL that before 1933 King Kong film came out, a novel based on the screenplay was released as part of the advertising campaign, which is opposite of more common route of films that start as novels before being adapted into a screenplay
grx74 TIL that a woman is born with all the eggs she'll ever need for conception.
BrJNk TIL synthetic shampoos weren't invented until the 1930s, with daily shampooing only becoming the norm in the 1970s and 1980s.
Aj54 TIL the Swiss Air Force is only operational weekdays between 8am-5pm, closing for lunch between 12pm-1:30pm. In 2014, they were unable to intercept a highjacked airliner because they weren’t open yet that morning.