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TiL that Brian Wilson was only 23 years old when he produced, arranged, and co-wrote the Beach Boys album “Pet Sounds”. The album has since been credited for revolutionizing music production and has appeared in many “greatest records of all time” lists.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 2:57 pm

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TIL about Angus MacCaskill. Guinness Book of World Records stated he was the strongest man who ever lived, tallest non-pathological giant in recorded history, largest true giant to ever have lived, and the man with the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man.

by whatilearned September 1, 2022, 4:07 pm

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My penis was in the Guinness Book of World Records once…

by cringeyjokesman August 19, 2022, 2:17 pm

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TIL: There is a light on top of the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles that spells out the word Hollywood in Morse code. Since 1956 has only stopped once in June of 1996 on Capitol Records 50th Anniversary where it blinked “Capitol 50”.

by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 12:32 am

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TIL that AC/DC has never had a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and has only cracked the top 40 three times. This is despite having sold 75 million records in the US.

by whatilearned August 12, 2022, 11:20 am

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TIL: The Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act was passed in 1974, specifically to prevent Richard Nixon from destroying records. In 1978 the Presidential Records Act was passed to apply to all future presidents.

by whatilearned August 10, 2022, 11:06 am

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TIL Robbie Knievel, son of daredevil Evel Knievel, broke many of his father’s motorcycle jumping records.

by whatilearned August 7, 2022, 12:36 pm

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TIL the only reason we have video of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series is because Bing Crosby was too nervous to watch the game live so he had a company record the game for him. During this time TV networks didn’t keep records of the games. The tape was found 50 years later in his wine cellar.

by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 3:44 pm

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TIL Lambskin condoms are made from the intestinal membrane of a lamb, and there are records of men using lambskin condoms during the early part of the Roman Empire.

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 12:26 pm

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My penis was in the Guinness book of world records

by cringeyjokesman July 28, 2022, 4:02 pm

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TIL the U.S. military played Metallica records to weaken prisoners it planned to interrogate but stopped after the band objected stating it didn’t want to encourage violence, according to the Navy Seal who killed Osama Bin Laden. They substituted it with Christian metal band Demon Hunter.

by whatilearned July 17, 2022, 2:10 am

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If churches are allowed to operate tax free, without any outside oversight of their financial records, how are they not the largest potential money laundering entities on the planet?

by QuestionGuy July 13, 2022, 10:54 am

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