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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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EgpQw TIL that for the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), director Tim Burton initially requested 25 gallons of artificial chocolate for the Chocolate river set. This amount gradually increased in scope, to 10,000 liters then 25,000 liters. The final amount used was 1.25 million liters.
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