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TIL of a Bolivian beverage called « Cocoroco » that boasts an incredibly high alcohol content of 96%.

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6p0m TIL that a man got thrown off an American Airlines flight last year after flying into a rage over being wished “Merry Christmas.” The other passengers cheered and applauded when he got tossed.
nWnn9 TIL in about 1.29 million years a star will enter the Solar System’s Oort Cloud, passing less than 1/5th of a light year from the Sun and will be visible to the naked eye.
16WPr TIL By 1960 rail transport was so dominant in the USSR was hauling about half of all railway freight in the world (in tonne-km) and they did this on a rail system consisting of 10% of the world's railway length.
ap5y TIL that a serial killer with the highest known victim count since 1900 will be released from jail in about 9 years.
ndeB TIL Jimmy Carter was the first president to admit to seeing a UFO.