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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

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Z8MWB TIL that as comedian Sam Kinison lay dying from injuries sustained from a drunk driver he began saying, to no one in particular, "I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die." He paused as if listening, then said,"But why?" He paused once more, saying, "Okay, okay, okay," and peacefully passing away.
g9WX TIL that the concurrent Navy training and testing could potentially kill hundreds of whales and dolphins and disable thousands over the next five years.
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