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TIL Tish the goldfish was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest captive goldfish, 43 years after he was won as a prize at a funfair.

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9YxNm TIL of the Firefighter's twerk. Due to an emergency motion-based PASS alarm system, which will go off if they remain stationary for along time, Firefighter must sometimes twerk to turn the alarm off.
ADwZg TIL Liv Tyler was the product of an affair between her mom, BeBe Buell, and Steven Tyler, during a time when Buell had a live-in relationship with another musician, Todd Rundgren. Liv was born Liv Rundgren and didn't find out until she was 10 years old that Tyler was her real father.
OG0VY TIL that sharks don’t make sounds. Across 400-500 species, no one has ever found an organ even capable of producing sound.
jNL1n TIL In the gas chambers of Auschwitz it could take between 7-20 minutes for the victims to die from the gas while they fought to get out.
JYYmV TIL the most drunk man ever, recorded a blood test showing 7.22 parts per million of alcohol. An average person would vomit at around 1.2, lose consciousness at 3.0 and stop breathing at a level of about 4.0 parts per million.