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TIL humans make more than 9000 gallons of pee in their life time

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JYJ9Q TIL that seaweed was such an important fertilizer during the Great Potato Famine, some people would actually steal seaweed from the shorelines of private properties.
7r5vP TIL that the worst ship accident in all of history happened 255 BC when a roman fleet of 464 warships got into a storm befor Sicily. 100.000 men were lost.
wo5A7 TIL that the chemist Alexander Shulgin invented over 200 psychedelic drugs , self-administered them and wrote a book the experience he had with each of them
Wk6Nd TIL The deepest artificial point on the Earth, the Kola Borehole, has been abandoned since 2006 and only a small metal wield covers the 40,000 ft+ hole.
lombK TIL that the longest professional baseball game ever lasted 33 innings and over 8 hours. Players became delirious with exhaustion, it got so cold that people burned bats to keep warm, and the president of the league stopped the game at 4 a.m. The final score was 3-2 after play resumed a month later.