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TIL The Guinness Brewery originally signed a 9000 year lease for only 45 pounds a year

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yVrJv TIL that in women’s Olympic gymnastics, under the ‘perfect 10’ scoring system seven female gymnasts attained a perfect 10. The scoring system was changed in 2006 and no one has been awarded a perfect score since.
ljeB TIL The Word “Nonplussed” is used incorrectly so often in North America, that dictionaries are starting to list that definition as well. As a result, “nonplussed” is its own antonym.
dmVd TIL Rage Against The Machine were told to censor the lyrics of Killing In The Name while performing live on BBC. They started out censored before launching into the full lyrics: “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!”
raoo TIL that despite it’s perks, Google has one of the highest employee turnover rates amongst America’s biggest companies.
R74R1 TIL snails are responsible for more than 200,000 human deaths a year.