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TIL cocktails became popular during Prohibition as juices were added to bootleg liquor to disguise the taste of ingredients like dead rat and wood tar

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OGyL6 TIL about the Chasséen Culture which was a Prehistoric Culture in Neolithic France consisting of Sedentary Farmers and Herders which dated from 4500 BC to 3500 BC
vP0eK TIL that there is a species of whale that has been living in the oceans for millions of years, but it was only recently discovered due to its isolation in the deep depths.
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oDYL TIL In 2008, two researchers, a linguist and a sound engineer, found “the perfect male voice” to be a combination of Iron’s and Alan Rickman’s voices based on a sample of 50 voices. Coincidentally, the two actors played brothers in the Die Hard series of films.