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TIL that Al Roker holds the world record for the longest uninterrupted live TV weather report: 34 hours, at NBC Studios in New York from November 12 to 14, 2014.

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9wKY7 TIL Genghis Khan adopted a policy of strategic marriages. He would marry off a daughter to the king of an allied nation. The king's other wives were dismissed. Then he would assign his new son-in-law to military duty in the Mongol wars, while the daughter took over the rule of the kingdom.
Jx11 TIL in 2005 a Welsh rugby fan boasted to friends that if Wales won the match they were watching he would cut his testicles off. When they won he went home, cut off his testicles and returned with them to show everyone in the bar
oBlXK TIL Despite its Historical Significance, the Release Date of Super Mario Bros in North America is Unknown
5YV58 TIL that both OJ Simpson and Lance Armstrong sat on Corporate Audit Boards
gMD47 TIL Catholics are allowed to offer incense before altars of Buddha, who is seen as a most venerable, not a sign of worshiping God.