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TIL Scorpion venom is the most expensive liquid on the planet, priced at $39 million a gallon

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VMdpZ TIL Lake Baikal in Russia contains 22%-23% of the worlds fresh surface water, and a max depth of 5387 feet
X0Dnj TIL that from 1974-1975 Chuckles (the jelly candies) sponsored stuntman Evel Knievel
gr6by TIL the RMS Olympic (sister ship to the Titanic) was used as troop transport during WW1 and sank a German submarine
abL TIL on June 29, 1995, a department store in Seoul, Korea collapsed, killing 500 people. During construction, the owner insisted on adding an unauthorized 5th floor with a swimming pool. When his engineers protested, they were fired.
R7pg4 TIL a Saudi man, who was then the heaviest person alive and the second heaviest person ever recorded at 1340lbs (610kg) in 2013, was ordered by his King to lose weight. He then lost 1195lbs, and in 2017, weighed just 150lbs(68kg).