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TIL Parts of New York City have a vacuum-driven garbage-collection system that literally sucks trash through pipes under the streets to a central disposal location–and has had it for 35 years.

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nX4P TIL: The Blood Moon, or Hunter’s Moon, was given its name because it would illuminate the prey of the hunter. Much like the harvest moon allowing farmers to harvest through the night.
awP4o TIL that people eat ant eggs and they are considered a delicacy in Mexico.
1ajk7 TIL that lacrosse is North America's oldest still-played sport, which was played by indigenous people in the 17th Century
E1Qd7 TIL there really is a hotel like the one used in the movie 'Bad Times at the El Royale.' It's called the Cal Neva Lodge and is split into California and Nevada sides just like in the movie. The lodge was owned, in part, by Frank Sinatra at one point.
m1jQy TIL male Orchid Bees collect fragrances solely for the purposes of olfactory display to woo females; they are the only species known to do this.