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World’s Longest Word Takes 3.5 Hours to Pronounce

Description:The word is 189,819 letters long. It’s actually the name of a giant protein called Titin. Proteins are usually named by mashing-up the names of the chemicals making them. And since Titin is the largest protein ever discovered, its name had to be equally as large. (1:46)

Source: NewsFix

Tags: language , science , titin , titin protein