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l7jkN TIL Giant Pandas don't have a fondness for humans. The relationships they develop with humans are conditional. Basically, whoever brings them food (or extra food-based treats!) can have their attention for a little while.
OGBZ7 TIL On July 26, 1931, a swarm of grasshoppers descended on Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota devastating millions of acres of crops. It was so thick that it blocked out the sun and one could shovel the grasshoppers with a scoop. Cornstalks were eaten to the ground and fields left completely bare.
4k4ka TIL that the Alaska oil pipeline (and other pipelines) have naturally occurring magnetic fields. Due to its length, location near the north pole, and running mostly north-south, the earths magnetic field induces a charge in the pipeline that can be measured.
pjyQ TIL the Allies calculated the number of tanks being manufactured by Germans during WW2 by using the serial number of captured/destroyed tanks and statistics. The statical and actual figure differed by a value of 1.
x6M9b TIL that when Borland needed a name for a new software product, developers wanted to call it "Delphi". Marketing wanted "AppBuilder". A few months before release, Novell shipped its own "AppBuilder", preventing that name's use. The developers got their wish and the company announced Borland Delphi.