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TIL:Russians consider beer a soft drink (The law is only now changing)

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j6K8N TIL Sunday Night Football is the United States' most watched prime-time show
gMxoL TIL: Most Octopus species live between 1 & 2 years because of their reproductive process. Males are often strangled & eaten by females during the mating process. Females die a few weeks after laying the eggs as their bodies self destructs through cellular suicide till she dies.
6EPmW TIL of Richard "Dick" Proenneke. He lived alone in the Alaskan wilderness for 30 years. A documentary was made of his life, using this personal footage.
WkGJd TIL there is a subculture of people living the life of different decades where they weren't even born.
R7wR1 TIL - Vindaloo (curry) originated from Portuguese sailors, carne de vinha d'alhos ("meat in garlic wine marinade"). The basic structure of the dish was "preserved" raw ingredients, packed in wooden barrels of layers of pork & garlic, soaked in red wine. This was "Indianized" by the local Goan cooks.