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Friday, August 21, 2009

Today's Little Known Fact about Ireland

When Arthur Guinness opened the original Guinness Brewery in Dublin in 1759, he signed a 9,000-year lease on the property, which required a small deposit and locked in an annual rent equivelent to $85 USD.

1 comment:

  1. Wow! Now someone was thinking back then. Did you know that he and I share the same birthday? The day, not the year. But sometimes I feel as old as him though.

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