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TIL Mexico Is the Fattest Country in the World Surpassing United States

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xVRb TIL the world’s strongest beer is 60%ABV. It was made by a Dutch brewer who claimed that he was forced into making it as he was trying to keep up with the Scots
oB0DW TIL that in 1943 the US banned selling sliced bread
JR4Q TIL that the Red Baron was killed because of a single bullet, which hit him while he was in the air, and that he managed to land his plane without damaging it before he died.
0w4ry TIL in New York City, over 690 subway trains were delayed due to people jumping on the track. And over 726 trains were delayed due to litter and garbage fires... in one month.
JXGm TIL the African Union intends to have a single, continent-wide currency modeled on the Euro. One proposed name for the currency is the “Afro.”