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TIL the longest word in English is the full chemical name of the protein titin (189,819 letters) - and there’s a 3.5hr long video of someone saying it aloud

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GGk1 TIL Tomorrow is the last day Saturday morning cartoons will be aired on broadcast television in America
Y7GVZ TIL David Letterman once insulted Quentin Tarantino on his show, which made Tarantino call Letterman on the phone and threaten to come to NY to “kill” him. Letterman responded by offering to pay for his flight and have QT choose the method of battle. Tarantino agreed and chose “bats.”
v1ORB TIL owing to the severity of death threats from local Mafia, the public prosecutor for Sicily has 42 bodyguards.
p1pN TIL: A man memorized the French dictionary to win the French Scrabble Championship, he does not speak French
PAZw TIL that in 1973, three Irish Republican rebels were broken out of a Dublin prison by a helicopter landing in the exercise yard.