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TIL Michael Phelps no longer holds any current individual world record. An end of an era.

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w1o1 TIL that the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, a satirical, federally registered political party in Canada, received 1.01% of the popular vote in the 1980 federal election campaigning to repeal the law of gravity and provide higher education by building taller schools, among other promises.
wL5wM TIL after the American Physical Society's 1986 conference in Las Vegas, the city asked them never to return, as the MGM Grand casino saw record low profits that week. This is presumed to be because the physicists in attendance knew enough probability theory not to gamble.
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