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TIL that REO Speedwagon was a real automobile brand (1915)

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dD4Md TIL that cicadas are the world’s loudest insects; their singing can be as loud as 100 decibels
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pAp8 TIL A researcher once played a recording of an elephant who had died. The sound was coming from a speaker hidden in a thicket. The family went wild calling, looking all around. The dead elephant’s daughter called for four days afterward.
GYQ7g TIL about bees in Brooklyn who produced red honey which led to an investigation at a nearby marachino cherry factory which led to the discovery of a marijuana farm beneath the factory. The owner committed suicide before getting busted.
4kVA6 TIL that 54% of American adults are considered to have inadequate literacy