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TIL there's a species of Australian grasshopper that's made up of all-female clones

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VMNek TIL that the Star Wars movie Rogue One had a alternative title called Dark Times, but was rejected during pre-production.
R7KRQ TIL Mongolian custom called ´coaxing ritual for camels´, when a female camel is rejecting her new-born calf, or to adopt an orphaned calf. The rite consists of playing music, the melody gradually induce deep feelings and so touches the female camel making her less aggressive and even cry.
x6AKo TIL that Eratosthenes used the distance between two cities (Alexandria to Syene) to estimate the earths circumference, and he was only off by roughly 100mi
jWjv TIL that President Andrew Jackson once had a block of cheddar cheese delivered to the white house that was four feet in diameter and two feet thick, weighed nearly 1400 pounds. He invited 10,000 visitors to the White House to eat it and it was gone within two hours.
mWP TIL Heath Ledger was an accomplished chess player and won Western Australia’s junior chess championship, aged 10