MySQL5.5 Data truncated (for blog post)

gistfile1.sql

mysql> INSERT INTO strings (words) VALUE ('This string is too long');
Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.05 sec)

mysql> show warnings;
+---------+------+--------------------------------------------+
| Level   | Code | Message                                    |
+---------+------+--------------------------------------------+
| Warning | 1265 | Data truncated for column 'words' at row 1 |
+---------+------+--------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)