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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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16yoD TIL about Doggyland, Snoop Dog's animated kids show and accompanying rap album, rapping about loving yourself, being polite and respecting others.
x5R7 TIL The African elephant has only 4 teeth. Each of them weighs 5kg and is 30cm long.
9YO8m TIL viruses are considered by some to be a life form, although they lack key characteristics that are generally considered necessary to count as life. Because they possess some but not all such qualities, viruses have been described as "organisms at the edge of life."
WnLd TIL Louis Armstrong asked Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs for him because he ‘was an old man’. The bags had marijuana in them.
OoPyL TIL there are more Norwegians in America than there are in Norway.