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TIL black printer ink is $2,701.52 a gallon and the worlds most expensive liquid is scorpion venom at $38,858,507 a gallon.

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Brymr TIL that Elizabeth I spent her reigning summers travelling with an entire royal entourage of 400-600 horse drawn carts. They travelled slowly, an average of 10-12 miles a day. Her visits to houses incurred significant expenses for the host, thus they weren’t always happy to have her stay.
x9X0 TIL that after police officers in Rialto, CA started wearing cameras, public complaints against officers plunged 88%, and officers’ use of force fell by 60%.
9a7M TIL cats can get blood transfusions from dogs, and this once saved a cat from dying after it ate rat poison.
Zp9QR TIL An animal’s yawn is based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn.
AG07 TIL a Las Vegas mental hospital used commercial buses to “dump” more than 1,500 psychiatric patients in 48 states over five years.