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TIL strengths (9 letters) is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel.

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wLgo6 TIL about the One-Cent Magenta stamp, which was sold at an auction for $9.5 million and is considered the most valuable object in the world.
xVRaw TIL of Lady Lucy Houston, a British philanthropist who, after WWI, recognized the need for a strong Air Force... when the British government refused, she funded development of what became the Spitfire. She passed before WWII, and never saw how much that investment paid off.
D7P TIL the US has one of the most efficient and extensive freight rail systems in the world, nearly twice as efficient as the European and Japanese systems.
x6p01 TIL Florida had to create a law that makes dwarf throwing contests illegal for places that serve alcohol.
a8ew0 TIL Originally the past participle was hoist and not hoisted as in "he was hoist with his own petard"