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TIL that Crown Royal, Johnnie Walker, Jeb, Windsor Premier, Buchanan’s, Bushmills, Smirnoff, Ketel One, Cîroc, Bailey’s, Captain Morgan, Jose Cuervo, Tangueray, and Guinness are all owned by the same company.

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WkvJ9 TIL About the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum. It was Rededicated as Recent as 2013. The Only Presidential Library Dedicated to a President of a Different Nation. Davis was Famously the President of The Confederate States of America.
rNdQy TIL the Cold War was partially prompted by an event in Ottawa when a Soviet cipher clerk working at the Soviet embassy to Canada defected & exposed the Soviet spy network in Canada, leading to allied countries discovering Soviet spies & informants within their own governments
AVy4 TIL that Nirvana was adamantly told not to play the song “Rape Me” at the 1992 MTV Music Awards. Nevertheless, at the start of the performance, Cobain started playing the chords to “Rape Me” as MTV producers watched in horror. He then switched back to “Lithium”, as scheduled.
Me0vA TIL when the Israeli military developed their battle rifle, the Galil, they included a bottle opener built into the bottom of the gun. Previous guns had been damaged by Israeli soldiers who kept using their guns to open bottled beverages with their guns.
5Yk09 TIL Mexico issued a ban known as "Avandarazo" in response to the Festival de Avándaro, forbidding the recording of Rock music by national groups, the prohibition of its sales in retail stores, live rock concerts and airplay of rock songs. The ban lasted for many years, gradually lifted in the 1980s.