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TIL that the most expensive liquid is horse semen worth up to $4.7 million per gallon

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BVVk TIL that the Mongols killed so many people in the Iranian Plateau that “Some historians have estimated that Iran’s population did not again reach its pre-Mongol levels until the mid-20th century”
KOZPG TIL of Albert Hofmann, who synthesized LSD. On 16 April 1943, he accidentally consumed some LSD and discovered its powerful effects. Three days later, he intentionally ingested 0.25 mg of LSD, whose effects he began to feel as he rode home on a bike. This was the first LSD trip.
78PZr TIL that the expression "bête noire" is an allusion to the french Beast of Gévaudan
ZpELR TIL despite having less than 0.5% of the world's population, Australia is home to 20% of the world's slot machines. Australia's $25 billion a year in gambling losses represent the highest per capita gambling losses in the world.
b9QnN TIL poison oak and mangoes come from the same plant family