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TIL Moths can't fly during earthquakes because of their lack of ear canals, making them unable to steer themselves

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b9bBj TIL Most shooting stars you see are incredibly small, usually being not much larger than a grain of sand.
4XDEa TIL in 1948 Lyndon B Johnson used a helicopter to campaign for office. He would hover over farmers working in their fields, many who had never seen a helicopter, and blare through the loudspeaker: "Hello, down there! This is your friend, Lyndon Johnson, your candidate for the United States Senate."
v1KbB TIL that in the 70s, the U.S government tried to create an artificial reef using concrete jacks and old tires. The reef ended up becoming an ecological disaster as it eroded, causing loose tires to be picked up by hurricanes and collide with natural reefs elsewhere.
a1lZ TIL Instead of handouts, panhandlers in Albuquerque, NM are offered a job making $9/hr cash paid at end of workday for doing work for the city’s Solid Waste Dept. A 16-seat van run by a homeless shelter cruises the streets to offer jobs to panhandlers. Homeless can also call 311 to receive help.
m18Ay TIL that pre-Hispanic Mexicans believed that gold deposits were divine diarrhea, the leavings of the sun-god Tonatiuh as he passed through the underworld each night.