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oR1YY TIL Sperm Whales consume roughly twice as much seafood as all of humanity combined per year. With Sperm Whales (the largest toothed predators) consuming roughly 300 million tonnes per year and humans consuming about 160 million tonnes. (Further sources in comments)
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8ebO8 TIL: St Patrick was English, and the "snakes" he drove out were likely Irish pagans, making St Patrick's Day a celebration of the English invading the Irish.