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why is there a bat on the bacardi bottle
Facundo Bacardí and his brother set up a distillery they bought in 1862. In the rafters of this building lived fruit bats – the inspiration for the Bacardi bat logo.
where was the distillery facundo bacardí and his brother bought in 1862
Facundo Bacardí and his brother José set up a Santiago de Cuba distillery they bought in 1862.
in what other locations, besides santiago de cuba, did bacardi have distilleries during the early international expansion
In Santiago, Facundo M. Bacardí continued to manage the company along with Schueg, who began the company's international expansion by opening bottling plants in Barcelona and New York City.

Question: did the new york plant stay open
Self-contained rewrite: did bacardi's new york bottling plant built in 1915 stay open