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TIL that Issus Coleopratus nymphs have functioning mechanical gears on their thighs that they use to synchronize their leg movements when jumping

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5YR4r TIL Disney made a knockoff Star Wars rockband in 1981 called HALYX. The band played one summer at Disneyland and featured among many characters a bass playing "wookie". One of the songs they performed in front of kids and teens at Disneyland was a song about Jailbait called, "Jailbait"
9YmYM TIL that there are more than 1,300 stone rings across the British Islands and Stonehenge is only the most famous of them.
D1O6v TIL Quokkas don't really throw their babies at predators
8eEdZ TIL that the Bronx has 'the' in front of it because it's named for the Bronx river and was originally "the Borough of The Bronx [River]"
6OWw TIL that Joseph Stalin was only 5'3" (163 cm) in height.