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TIL The Guinness Book of World Records, was an idea conceived by British engineer Sir Hugh Beaver (the Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery) to solve trivia questions among bar patrons.

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gVa9 TIL that Pope John XII either died during sex with a married woman or was beaten to death by her husband, among many other scandalous acts he performed (affairs, toasting to the devil, ordaining a ten-year-old boys as a bishop, etc., etc., etc.).
kOled TIL of Bloodbath of B-R5RB, a massive-scale virtual battle fought in the MMORPG space game EVE Online in January 2014 that involved 7,548 player characters and lasted for 21 hours resulting in losses of approximate real-currency value of $300,000 USD
5EP8 TIL That the dinosaurs far pre-date Betelgeuse, one of the brightest and most famous stars in the night sky. In fact the star was born around the same time as pre-humans walked the Earth
grAvb TIL: Dr. Seuss illustrated a series of books about boners
8eRZ4 TIL people will implant magnets into their fingertips. Nerves grow around the magnet as the skin heals. The magnet pushes against magnetic fields produced by electronic devices in the surrounding area, giving a “sixth sense” of magnetic vision.