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TIL that Toots & the Maytals made an unsuccessful attempt to get in the Guinness Book by recording, pressing and distributing a new album in 24hrs. Despite the fact that they managed, they did not get the record because nobody had notified Guinness book organization prior to the event.

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VMjQZ TIL Predjama Castle was under seige by the Austrian army for almost a year. The castle lasted so long because it had a secret tunnel in the back which brought food to the castle. The seige ended only when the ruler died on the latrine after getting hit by a cannonball.
YwlP TIL that hurricane names have already been set for the next 6 years. Find out if your name is on the hurricane name list!
mx0ZO TIL in the early days of the Food Network, an overnight engineer accidentally put porn on the air that he was watching causing a huge uproar from viewers. This public outcry actually helped the channel succeed because it showed advertisers they had a large audience.
MeEXK TIL : The highest STD rates in Florida are in The Villages, an area dedicated to seniors.
NVMJ TIL surrogate alcohol is a thing, and a huge problem in Russia, where people will drink shoe polish, hairspray and cologne, 40,000 people per year die from alcohol poisoning there