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TIL locusts are not a species. They are actually grasshoppers which have developed gregarious characteristics in suitable environmental conditions forming an organized group

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OGErX TIL that in 1989, Patricia Stallings was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her first son via antifreeze poisoning. and had another son who was taken to foster care but was diagnosed with MMA, a genetic disorder. It was found that the first son also had MMA, and Stallings was released.
KOZLa TIL During the long winter of 1886, horses and cattle on the Great Plains died when their breaths froze over the ends of their noses, making it impossible for them to breathe.
D1lkj TIL Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters are not friends
QNJBp TIL that the San Francisco restaurant Casa Sanchez closed in 2012, but people who got free tacos for life because they got tattooed with their logo can get free pupusas from the restaurant that took over their lease
gD64 TIL of General Butt Naked who led his troops naked into war, plucked innocent children’s hearts out to eat, chopped the heads of hundreds of people to use as soccer balls and ritually sacrificed teenagers. After the war,he claimed to have found religion and repented. He is now a preacher in Liberia.