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TIL Koalas don’t actually get drunk or high from eating eucalyptus, that’s a myth. The leaves just take a long time to digest so they have less energy.

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PY4kZ TIL cockroaches are social and when they are in groups they make decisions collectively.
l8L5 TIL that the use of the phrase “Checkmate” is a mispronunciation of the original Persian, “ Shäh mät!”, which means the king is helpless
wMKP TIL that there is a record player that substitutes lasers for the needle, which prevents damage to the vinyl.
awVb TIL U.S. President Lyndon Johnson stood over people so close, they would bend backward. This is known as the Johnson treatment.
696V8 TIL in 2019, the grasshopper swarm that invaded Las Vegas, Nevada was so bad that it appeared on the weather radar