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TIL A Certain Species of Tiger Moths Can "Jam" the Echolocation of Bats' by Producing Similar High Pitches Noises

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Yp8bA Today I Learned that TMZ gets its name from the 'Thirty Mile Zone' around Hollywood which is considered 'local' and is all about union rules and money.
e0M15 TIL that many of the most common names today like: John, Sean, Ian ,Ivan, Hanz, Giovanni, Johan, Evan, Nani,.... are all derived from the same Hebrew name "Yôḥānān" that passed into European tradition through Christianity
wLA0J TIL there are HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF LOCUST SWARMING EAST AFRICA!!!!
wLYY TIL Alan Rickman failed his California driving test at one point for “driving too cautiously through a green light”
NnxE TIL That there was an ancient relative of the Duck nicknamed the “Demon-Duck of Doom” which was, in fact, horse sized.