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TIL that "arrack" is a type of alcoholic spirit from South Asia/Indonesia fermented from the sap of coconut flowers or sugarcane. Arrack predates all "New World" spirits and is the parent of rum.

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6EkYw TIL that KGB spy Oleg Lyalin was caught when he was pulled over for drunk driving and bragged to the police officer that he was a KGB spy. He went on to defect, exposing over 100 other spies in England.
6gwY TIL that American Nazi sympathizers built Hitler a hidden, self-sustaining mansion in LA in 1933, and it’s still there.
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