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TIL the Guinness Book of World Records originated from an argument over the fastest game bird in Europe.

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dWPZ TIL that the oldest known joke in history is an ancient Sumerian joke about a woman farting in her husband’s company.
AN1Oo TIL Charles Joughin, the Titanic’s chief baker, survived the icy waters by staying calm and a bit drunk. After helping others, he sipped brandy, stepped off the sinking ship, and floated for hours in freezing water until rescued barely even cold.
rNK51 TIL it was illegal to sell beef-on-the-bone in the UK between 1997 and 1999, in an attempt to limit the spread of mad cow disease
k6NB TIL a factory in Honduras forces its workers to wear diapers for the sake of efficiency.
m1o4Y TIL: Typing "--" on an iPhone keyboard instantly creates an em dash (—). Fun fact: This specific punctuation mark is so commonly used by LLMs that its frequency is often used to spot AI-generated content.