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TIL the bow of the USS New York was forged using 7.5 tons of recycled World Trade Center steel

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8Mo8 TIL that possession of wild psilocybin mushrooms is not illegal in Florida
M7GN7 TIL that a piece of a giant squid was recovered by the French ship Alecton in 1861, leading English naturalist Henry Lee and others to come to the conclusion that giant squids were responsible for the legend of the Kraken.
BbVW TIL that you can’t make a true James Bond vesper martini anymore. Kina Lillet was discontinued and reformulated in 1986, making the scene in the Casino Royale movie anachronistic (unless the bar had an old bottle lying around)
JMW8 TIL: Krusty the Clown was originally supposed to be Homer Simpson in disguise!
Oo46e TIL of Brewdog Brewery who serves the worlds strongest beer out of dead animals. It was created in 2010 with an initial batch of 12, the beer is 55% alcohol and has a price tag of 500-700 euros and comes in a dead animal.