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TIL In Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig because they’re prone to loneliness

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p8naZ TIL at a ceremony at Yankee Stadium Joe Dimaggio punched Billy Crystal in the stomach after Crystal neglected to introduce Dimaggio by his preferred title of 'Greatest living player'
awMJy TIL that Nero didn't play a fiddle while Rome burned in 64 A.D., bowed string instruments wouldn't appear in Europe for another 800 years. However several sources place Nero on the roof of his palace during the fire, dressed in stage garb and singing from the Greek epic “The Sack of Ilium.”
4kyQ5 TIL that California has been home to the most Super Bowl champions with 9 wins. Next up are Pennsylvania (7), Massachusetts (6), Texas (5), New York (5), and Missouri (5).
OWrY TIL that the longest prison sentence ever received was 141,078 years, handed out to Thai national Chamoy Thipyaso for her part in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 16,000 investors.
a8rEA TIL when the Lions visited Griffith Stadium in 1939, the Redskins won 31-7. Each trip to the D.C. area had the same result, a Washington win. The Redskins had a 17-point average margin of victory during their home streak over the Lions, who finally won at Washington in 2013 with a 27-20 victory.