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TIL that the Guinness Book of World Record for longest marriage is 86 years

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EZ1p TIL A Gurkha Soldier of the Indian Army single handedly fought off 40 armed bandits with his knife killing 3 and injuring 8 to save a girl from getting raped during a train robbery in India
ExAP TIL There is Book Store that takes up a full city block in Portland, Oregon.
E10Xx TIL Fuggerei is a German village where the rent hasn't increased in almost 500 hundred years! The rent has not increased since 1520, and it costs under $1 to live a full year!
yQj9v TIL alphabetical order was introduced in the 3rd century BC by Zenodotus, who also happened to be the first librarian at the Great Library of Alexandria.
xVngD TIL that "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air"*is not based on Will Smith's life, but loosely that of Benny Medina