Liam :fnord: on Nostr: I have had reason to recall that the originators of the Guinness Book of World ...
I have had reason to recall that the originators of the Guinness Book of World Records were a pair of twins with encyclopaedic memories for facts, one of whom was a Conservative Party activist, who lobbied for restrictions on Irish civic participation in the UK, may have had links to British intelligence, funded a bounty for information on people involved in bombings, and was assassinated by the PIRA
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McWhirterPublished at
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