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TIL Grasshoppers are older than grass, having evolved roughly 250 million years ago

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P1knZ TIL In 1990, over 100,000 people visited San Luis Obispo during the Cal Poly Poly Royal event. A full scale riot broke out both in town and at the college when several thousand students and visitors began throwing bottles and rocks at police, flipping cars and various other destructive activities.
R7BY6 TIL the US Gemini space capsule had to be redesigned because 14 of the 16 astronauts didn't fit in it. The original design relied so heavily on input from Mercury astronaut 'Gus' Grissom, who was 5' 6", that it was nicknamed the "Gusmobile."
oyMW TIL there’s an island in the pacific where many of the residents are completely color blind, only able to perceive black and white colors. However, they often take a psychedelic drug which allow them to perceive colored hallucinations.
wn07 TIL that FIFA referees typically run 6 to 8 miles per game. All while scrutinizing plays and communicating with players and other officials.
4XJxJ TIL that the worldwide production of the Volkswagen Beetle ended on 2003, 65 years after its original launch.