Fun Fact of the Day for April 17, 2024: Discover surprising trivia!
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TAG24's Fun Fact of the Day (04/17/2024)
At 45 letters, the word "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" is the longest word that you'll find in the dictionary. Although it's related to the lung disease common among miners called silicosis, the term was artificially lengthened by its creator Everett M. Smith to include a reference to volcano dust.
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