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TIL that the founder of Guinness World Records was assassinated by the IRA after offering £50,000 for information on several bombing suspects.

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nWJob TIL that long before the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns around the world, Mexico had a 5 day nationwide lockdown in 2009 (with nearly identical rules to those seen during the Covid lockdowns) for the H1N1 swine flu pandemic.
NXBy6 TIL at the height of the Beanie Baby craze in the 1990s Lender's Bagels made a knockoff "Beanie Baby Bagel".
957M TIL A Harvard Professor was able to slow light down so much to the point that it “stopped”.
rNNoo TIL Mau Piailug can be credited with keeping traditional wayfinding alive for the indigenous peoples of Oceania
yPKa TIL the terms “left wing” and “right wing” refer to the seating arrangements in the French National Assembly just before the French Revolution.