TIL Guinness World Records and Ripley Entertainment (Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!) are owned by the same conglomerate based in Vancouver, BC.

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

TIL Guinness World Records and Ripley Entertainment (Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!) are owned by the same conglomerate based in Vancouver, BC.

Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 3 months ago

Additional fact: Guinness World Records was the same Guinness as Guinness beer. It was created by Hugo Beaver the managering director of Guinness Breweries, the book was distributed to pubs and used as a promotion for the brand.

4z01235@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Somewhat similar to Michelin Stars for restaurants, and Michelin the tire brand. The tire company started curating the list of notable restaurants to visit as a way to encourage people to drive more.