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TIL: The Guinness book of records was invented by the Guinness beer folks. They figured a book of verifiable facts would help stop bar arguments.

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GYBm1 TIL that the irrational fear of palindromes (words or sentences that read the same backwards, i.e. Racecar) is known as Aibohphobia. Ironically, Aibohphobia itself is a palindrome as well.
ADLKx TIL many chewing gums are pink because the inventor of Double Bubble (the first bubble gum) only had pink food coloring in his factory, and others copied his invention
ZpD5G TIL about a man who was rescued by a sea lion after he tried to kill himself by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge
gNBX TIL superstar Romantic poet Lord Byron called his contemporary, William Wordsworth, William “Turdsworth”
LAYm TIL Netherlands Closed Eight Prisons Due To Lack Of Criminals