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TIL that The Guinness Book of Records was originally published by Guinness Breweries as a reference for settling pub arguments

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bGQQ TIL that Korean people use the phrase “my mouth is bored” to express the feeling where you want to eat simply because you’re bored and feeling like munching on something.
bjRE TIL that the “fact” that you eat 8 spiders a year was a social experiment to show how fast false information spreads on the internet
7ADr TIL: There is evidence of boats being used by early man over 900,000 years ago.
R7km7 TIL Tree sap has many uses in the modern world including an ingredient in printing inks, photocopying and laser printing paper, soldering fluxes, pharmaceuticals, lens manufacturing, violin bow treatment, soft drink emulsifiers, and many more.
Abb7 TIL That when Mister Rogers passed away in 2003, his death was so impactful in the world of children that PBS felt compelled to make a guide for parents called “If your child asks about Fred Rogers’ death”