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TIL swarms of locust have crossed the Atlantic ocean to the Caribbean islands in 10 days from Africa before.

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w9K8 TIL that internet is really scarce in Cuba and people gather at designated public places to access it
rRJWe TIL in 1919, an English General, Reginald Dyer ordered a force of 50 soldiers to open fire on 10,000 Indians peacefully protesting the Rowlatt act in Amritsar, India. Thousands died by bullets and many jumped into wells and died. The House of Lords honoured him with the motto "Saviour of Punjab"
xVWJb TIL that there is a restaurant in Tokyo called “The Restaurant of Order Mistakes” that hires waiters with dementia and Alzheimer’s. They may or may not get your order right.
0A8v TIL that the Devil in “Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny” was played by Dave Grohl.
Br4wy TIL Nim Chimpsky was a chimpanzee raised like a human child by a surrogate family as part of a controversial project on animal language acquisition. During his lifetime, Nim learned over 125 signs, including "stone smoke time now" which Nim used when he wanted to smoke marijuana.