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TIL The Guinness World Record for the largest feet on a living person is held by Jeison Orlando Rodríguez Hernández from Venezuela. his feet measured 40.57 cm (1 ft 3.96 in).

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5VaR9 TIL that the chair of the Somali Athletics Committee was suspended from her position for "nepotism and defaming the name of the nation", after she selected her untrained niece to compete in the 100-meter race at the 2021 World University Games, where she finished 10 seconds behind the leader
E18nw TIL most medieval people bathed regularly, used soap to do it and even had deodorant
8erK8 [TIL] that the original voice of snow white Adriana Caselotti not only wasn't credited for the role, but was under paid, and never worked in film again.
d8ood TIL in the 1990’s, a group of Mazda engineers created a suitcase “car” from a large Samsonite suitcase and a pocket bike; the suitcase car took just a minute to assemble and had a top speed of 30 km/h (18.46 mph)
NbR8 TIL the only person who voted against going to war with Japan was also the first female congressman. She also voted against WW1