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TIL that the Guinness Book of World Records was started by Guinness Beer to stop bar arguments

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g6V4 TIL Napoleon’s Penis was once sold for $3000 and could be worth about $100k today.
9YrwX TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.
9JYm TIL that the Great Pyramid was shiny like a glass 4,000 years ago.
VMJRG TIL in 2015 a call center in NY was infested with bedbugs. The workers unwittingly brought them home. The company demanded the workers pay to have their own homes fumigated and prove it before returning to work. They were also sited by OSHA for conducting fumigation during work hours.
Ooe9e TIL Over 3 million tons of asphalt pavement has been recycled and there is over 99% recycling rate for asphalt.