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TIL - Andre the Giant holds the record for the most beers consumed in 1 sitting. 119 beers in 6 hours is a beer every 3 minutes!

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Oo1J1 TIL Squirrels are predators. In addition to small bugs, squirrels have been spotted eating birds, snakes, mice, and shrews. In one instance, a pack of Russian black squirrels killed and ate a stray dog.
a8b TIL In the late 90s, Saddam Hussein commissioned a Quran to be written in his own blood. Now, Muslim leaders aren’t sure what to do with it–To write the Quran in blood was a sin, but to destroy it would also be a sin.
G4Z5 TIL the song “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison was originally titled “Brown-Skinned Girl”, but was changed to “make it more palatable for radio stations”
R58RQ TIL there is a statue of George Washington in Lima, Peru, that was purchased by the Peruvian government and dedicated on July 4, 1921, to pay homage to Washington, whom Peruvian President Augusto B. Leguía called the “Great Liberator of the North.”
WedA TIL that the Military at one time invented the M65 - The Recoiless Nuclear Rifle. It fired nuclear rockets.