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TIL 26,500 Tombstones lay at the bottom of the Delaware River

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DQ9vp TIL that the Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean (average depth: 4,280m (14,040ft)), covering approximately 32% of the Earth's surface and about 46% of its water surface. Its area is around 165 million km² (63.8 million square miles), which is larger than all landmasses combined
R7kg1 TIL that botox injections are sometimes used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's Disease like drooling
wLaK8 TIL Osama bin Laden had counter strike installed on his computer, a "fairly extensive" porn collection that the US government refused to release, and books with 9/11 conspiracy theories.
oX6o TIL that an attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the world’s most expensive cocktail was thwarted when a customer dropped and broke the bottle of Cognac that was worth $77,000
8eXvG TIL the Trieste, the submersible that took Jaques Picard to the deepest point in the ocean, used 106,000 litres (28,000 gallons) of gasoline for buoyancy.