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TIL that in an urban revitalization effort, Cleveland attempted to set the Guinness Book of World Records by releasing millions of balloons from its downtown area. 60% of them wound up in Lake Erie, stymieing a rescue effort for two missing fishermen. Guinness denied the city any official records.

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