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TIL that locusts are mutated grasshoppers. When an abundance of food is followed by a drought they are forced to group, causing the insect to mutate in a matter of hours from green to brown, solitary to swarming, and become long distance flyers. Up until 1920 they were considered 2 different species

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GAQQ1 TIL that Tony Bennett's first songwriting credit was for lyrics set to a Django Reinhardt tune on his final solo album, 2004's The Art of Romance. All prior songs he sung were written by others, and all subsequent Tony Bennett releases were credited collaborations.
GnYG TIL ‘Skyhook,’ used to capture Lau in The Dark Knight, was real.
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