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TIL the grasshopper and locust are actually the same creature; the locust is the grasshopper high on serotonin.

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X6E8 TIL that an Orca (killer whale) can put a great white shark to sleep by turning it over on it’s back. The Orca then drowns the shark, only to eat the liver and the tounge.
WyrX TIL That Romania’s Senate has rejected a proposed law that would have taxed witches and fortune tellers due to fears of being cursed for it.
GAGJ5 TIL Chuck Lorre (creator of TBBT, Two and a half men, etc) worked on cruise ships as a guitar player
AXyl TIL Nigerians make up less than 1 percent of the black population in the United States, yet make up one-quarter of the black students at Harvard Business School; over a fourth of Nigerian-Americans have a graduate or professional degree, as compared with only about 11 percent of whites.
gwDA TIL Groomsmen (specifically bride’s-groomsmen) were originally at weddings to protect the bride from being captured by another suitor