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Before we go, here’s your random trivia of the day:

The longest place name in the world is New Zealand’s “Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu,” which translates to “the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as ‘landeater’, played his flute to his loved one.”

However, locals refer to, simply, as “Taumata Hill.”

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