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TIL Bermuda doesn't have any sources of fresh water but is among the most densely populated countries on Earth. .

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OxMe TIL scorpion venom is the most expensive liquid on earth at $38,858,507.46 per gallon far surpassing Thailand cobra venom which is $152,835.82 a gallon.
KOwZw TIL a man in Argentina bought several toy poodles only to discover that they were actually ferrets on steroids.
W7ERo TIL In 1784 King Louis XVI of France commissioned several scientists to investigate amimal magnetism. One of the scientists was Benjamin Franklin who performed one the first systematic controlled trials and found no evidence of animal magnetism.
6rlw TIL that Art Garfunkel likes really long walks. So much so that from 1983 to 1997, he walked from NYC to the Pacific Coast of Washington State with 40 different short breaks. In 1998, he began a walk across Europe which he completed in 2011 with Northern Greece.
VM6Nk TIL Heroin became popular among american soldiers during the Vietnam war because it was easier to take secretly than marijuana.