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TIL Guinness records are set by people who apply for them, the company doesn't "seek out" new potential record holders

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vyxR TIL Birmingham (UK) Has more miles of canal than Venice, and any other City in the world.
l9eB TIL SNL and The Simpsons actor Phil Hartman had expressed interest in buying the rights to shoot a live action movie about his favourite character Troy McClure, and had many production staff on the show offer to help him make it.
6EXjZ TIL that during the annual Aztec festival of Xipe Totec, human captives had their hearts cut out, following which they were completely skinned. Priests then wore their skins for a period of 20 days.
kQje TIL a death row inmate in Tennessee discovered there were untested fingerprints that had been found at the original crime scene. In a last-ditch effort to prove his innocence, he successfully petitioned a judge to have the tests run. They were found to be his own fingerprints.
e0GVD TIL That in Georgian Britain, hiring of "Ornamental Hermits" for estates was a short-lived trend.