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TIL Guinness World Records and Ripley Entertainment (Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!) are owned by the same conglomerate based in Vancouver, BC.

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woPRM TIL in 2018, a preschool assistant in Hawaii was fired after mistakenly serving cups of Pin-Sol cleaning fluid to children instead of apple juice.
MVb7 TIL n 2008, hydroelectric power contributed to 98.5% of Norwegian power generation.
Lkn7V TIL When Usain Bolt's agent was asked how his client would fare in a long-distance race, he said Bolt has never run a full mile in his life.
JY6Mk TIL the double leg amputee war veteran in the film “Battleship” is played by an actual double leg amputee war veteran.
LQgwZ TIL the term "house poor," which is anyone whose housing expenses account for an exorbitant percentage of their monthly budget.