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TIL There is a beer pipeline in Germany

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5YmEB TIL that if you add 250ml of water to 250ml of alcohol, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding between the different molecules drawing them close together, and that ethanol molecules are smaller than water molecules, so they fill in the spaces between the water.
V1Ok TIL A Miami Beach cop was caught on video stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise from a CVS where he was working a 2nd shift as a guard. Video showed that he was claiming to work 6-7 hours but was only there for three. He was not fired.
e0XR5 TIL a 37 meter cat image was found etched on a hillside in Nazca, Peru. The feline geoglyph adds to 100s of Nazca geoglyphs made by removing surface rocks/earth to reveal contrasting earth. Discovered and restored just months ago, archaeologists say the big cat was first made between 200BC - 100 BC.
yg1a TIL Mad Men paid $250,000 for the master recording of “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles, played for just two minutes during a season 5 episode.
LE4Q TIL IKEA Let Loose a Herd of 100 Cats Into Store to “See What Happens”