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TIL that the word "Podcast" came from "iPod + Broadcast"

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gMOLD TIL In 1996, Taco Bell duped people when it announced it had agreed to purchase Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and intended to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell
neA4d TIL locusts can exist in two states. Solitary and gregarious. In low populations, locusts behave as individuals. But in high populations they undergo polyphenism where they experience physiological and behavioral changes. Even their color can change when they form a swarm
VGX8 TIL that, at the age of 100, Fauja Singh broke 8 world records for centenarians in athletics in one day. Singh broke the records for the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, 5000 metres and the mile even though he did not develop the ability to walk until he was five years old.
Brnbe TIL, Since 2007, all of McDonald's delivery trucks in the UK have been fueled by used cooking oil from their restaurants.
Dmjr TIL that when the members of Steely Dan found out that the plot of “You, Me and Dupree” was stolen from one of their songs they wrote a letter demanding that Owen Wilson come to one of their concerts and apologize onstage or they would have one of their roadies beat him up.