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    seems eminently wikipediable

    Telephones existed for a century before wikkipedia…

    In the before times: The guinness book of records started as a promo by the guinness brewery given to pub owners to settle bar argumnets like this one.

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      TIL: Guinness Book of World Records origin story is the same as a D&D campaign: started in a tavern.

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        All great things start in a bar. Or coffee shop. Or in the shower. Or in a dream. But never in a meeting.