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TIL the Polish "Spirytus Delikatesowy" is believed to be the strongest liquor for sale in America; it contains almost 100% pure alcohol!

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pYDNN TIL that native South American monkeys floated there from Africa circa 30mya. They were probably living on river islands that discharged into the Atlantic and then drifted across on ocean currents, with volcanic staging posts along the way. Lemur ancestors arrived in Madagascar by the same process.
pElb TIL that Genghis Khan beheaded a city of over 1.75 million people because one of the citizens killed his son-in-law
nwBP TIL Snooty, the world’s oldest captive manatee, has lived at the South Florida Aquarium almost all his life. On his birthday, a cake of fruit and vegetables is made for him while the visitors sing him Happy Birthday.
Y4rx TIL that Scooby-Doo was the result of CBS and Hanna-Barbera’s plans to create a non-violent Saturday morning TV program that would appease the parent watch groups that had protested the superhero-based programs of the mid-1960s.
j6ElQ TIL Captain Charles McVay of the USS Indianapolis remains the only US Navy Captain to be court martialed for losing his ship in a time of war. Though his sentence was commuted, a lifetime of tragedy and guilt led him to take his own life in 1968