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TIL locusts are just angry, swarming, grasshoppers that have been agitated enough that they transform

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rRlaW TIL: Hannibal's army used vinegar and fire setting (heating and wetting rocks to make them crack) to widen paths in the Alps. This allowed him the room needed for his elephants.
l7Px1 TIL research shows that women find it most attractive when they feel unsure about if a guy likes her. Second-most attractive is when she knows that a guy likes her. And least attractive is when she knows that a guy dislikes her.
xVo00 TIL that Venus rotates so slowly, you can keep the sunset in the same place and watch sunset forever just by walking.
VBErZ TIL about the McTrain, McDonald’s attempt in the '90s to turn dining service cars on German trains into mini restaurants. The cars had deep fryers, coffee machines, soda fountains, water heaters, and a 269-square-foot kitchen.
WkwZo TIL The Model T Ford offered superior strength despite its light weight. It also featured a generous ground clearance that could take the worst roads, over rocks, across bogs and through snow, which made it particularly enticing to rural drivers