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TIL that the Guinness Book of World Records and Guinness Breweries are the same Guinness.

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epDnn TIL about Margaret Ives Abbott the first woman to win a medal in the modern Olympics, and also part of the only mother-daughter pair to compete in one Olympics. Margaret won at golf, her mother, Mary, came in seventh. Coinciding with the Paris Exposition, many were unaware they were in the Olympics.
w1DP TIL that human feces is not made primarily of undigested plant material or fiber, as commonly thought. Bacteria make up to 60% of the dry mass of human feces.
D1EOp TIL that chants and choir tracks in the DOOM Eternal video game was a large, varied group of experienced metal singers lead by Mick Gordon
o5Kr TIL there is a Iron Pillar in Delhi that has avoided rusting for 1600 years. The pillar has been called a testament to the skill of ancient Indian blacksmiths".
1akOW TIL the earliest identified joke is an ancient Sumerian proverb dated to 1900 BC and contains toilet humor: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap"