Things That Were Shorter Than Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi Hearing

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Hillary Clinton’s hearing on Benghazi lasted more than 11 hours on Thursday. Here are some things that were shorter:

The Hobbit trilogy
Pickett’s Charge
The administration of Pedro Lascuráin, the 34th president of Mexico
The lifespan of a female mayfly
Phish’s set at Big Cypress in 1999
The Anglo-Zanzibar War
The Pawtucket Red Sox’s 33-inning victory over the Rochester Red Wings in 1981
The Goldblum Challenge (in which one watches this 10-hour video of Jeff Goldblum laughing)