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TIL locusts are not a species of insect but a particular “phase” of certain types of grasshopers

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ePG4 TIL It was expected and socially acceptable for a freeborn Roman man to want sex with both female and male partners, as long as he took the penetrative role
xV070 TIL that Carlotta J. Thompkins, also known as Lottie Deno, was in the late 1800s Texas' most famous poker player. Later in life she and her husband became upstanding citizens in Deming, New Mexico, where her husband became a bank vice president and she helped found St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
VBYPG TIL There is a World Instant Noodle Association who's main Motto is "So that people can enjoy eating delicious instant noodles with peace of mind."
69E8W TIL that in April of 1861, Former President Franklin Pierce wrote to the other living former presidents and asked them to consider meeting to use their stature and influence to propose a negotiated end to the war. However, this idea was ultimately never acted on.
7ZRZ TIL that b/c of universe’s increasing expansion rate, the gulf between all other stars and the Earth will eventually be so vast that stellar light, even at its greatest speed, will not be able to reach us, leaving our night sky in pure empty blackness.