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TIL the grasshopper mouse hunts scorpions and is immune to their poison

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d8EGB TIL Bees don't poop in the hive. Over the winter, it builds up because they stay out of the cold. On warm winter days, they will all fly out at the same time on what are called "cleansing flights."
NwG6 TIL that the Hindenburg airship was said to be so stable that a pen or pencil could be stood on a table without falling. Its launches were so smooth that passengers often missed them, believing that the airship was still docked to its mooring mast.
J1DVl TIL that in the state of Alabama, every biology textbook must contain an insert stating that the evolution is a “controversial theory”.
wQ9E TIL: A solar power plant in the Mohave Desert uses five square miles of mirrors to concentrate sunbeams on one central tower. It also incinerates about 6,000 birds a year.
ANOAg TIL the world's largest passenger elevator is in Mumbai, India. It is 278 sq. feet large and can carry 235 passengers