In 1875, an estimated 12 trillion Rocky Mountain locusts spread across 198,000 square miles of the Great Plains, weighing around 27.5 million tons.

They stripped all plant life--and even ate clothes off farmers who tried to shoo them away.

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In 2005, graffiti artist David Choe was offered $60,000 to paint murals at Facebook's headquarters.

He chose stock instead of cash, and when Facebook went public in 2012, his shares were worth more than $200 million.

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There is mental disorder called Maladaptive Daydreaming which causes people to excessively daydream to escape reality as a defense mechanism due to trauma usually from abuse.

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Atlanta, Georgia has the highest tree coverage among major U.S. cities at 46.5%, earning it the nickname "City in the Forest".

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Rainbow eucalyptus trees shed their bark in strips, revealing fresh green layers that mature into blue, purple, orange, and red shades-creating a stunning, ever-changing multicolored trunk.

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The Lucky Iron Fish is used to help people with iron deficiency--just cook it in your food or water, and it releases iron to supplement your diet.

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Helicoprion was a shark-like fish that lived around 270 million years ago.

It grew up to 7.5 meters long and had a spiral, chainsaw-like whorl of teeth in its lower jaw.

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Some slaughterhouses use a "Judas goat"-a specially trained goat that calmly leads sheep or cattle to the slaughter area, while its own life is spared.

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In Churchill, Canada, locals often keep their car doors unlocked so that anyone facing a polar bear can quickly escape to safety.

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People born blind naturally express core emotions like happiness, fear, and anger using identical facial muscle movements as sighted people, indicating these expressions are biologically innate, not learned through seeing others.

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The 9,100-year-old 'Cheddar Man' skeleton discovered in Somerset was genetically matched to local teacher Adrian Targett in 1997.

Their shared mitochondrial DNA proves an unbroken maternal lineage spanning 300 generations - the longest verified family connection in history.

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A British man suspected of having lung cancer underwent surgery to remove a lump in his lung.

Doctors discovered it was actually a tiny Playmobil traffic cone he had accidentally inhaled 40 years earlier as a child. He did not have cancer after all, and his symptoms improved after the toy wa removed.

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China's National University of Defence Technology (NUDT) has developed a mosquito-sized microdrone for covert military operations.

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There is no antivenom for a blue-ringed octopus bite. However, if the victim receives artificial ventilation for about 15 hours until the toxin naturally clears, they can survive with no lasting side effects.

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Noah Woods, a five-year-old boy from Georgia, woke to flames in his bedroom.

He grabbed his two-year-old sister and escaped through a window. Then he went back inside to rescue the family dog. His heroism earned him a fire department lifesaving award and honorary noscript.

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Adam Sandler's film "50 First Dates" inspired dementia care facilities to use daily personalized videos from loved ones, reducing patient disorientation and anxiety.

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A strategy for winning competitive debates called spreading" involves making as many arguments as possible in a short time, so that the opponent is unable to respond to them all.

This technique, which has been described as unfair and as "sounding like a cattle auctioneer."

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In 2008, a Macedonian beekeeper took a legal claim against a wild bear that had stolen honey from his hives.

The Bitola court found the bear responsible for the damage and, since it had no owner and was a protected species, ordered the state to pay about 140,000 denars = US $3,500] to compensate the beekeeper.

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There is something called sleep debt and if you do not reduce the debt you can experience worsened vision, impaired driving, and trouble remembering.

Long-term effects include obesity, insulin resistance, and heart disease.

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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source because their gut microbes can produce up to 2 liters of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet's most efficient bioreactors.

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Veronica Seider, a German born in 1951, reportedly had visual acuity around 20/2-about 20 times better than average- allowing her to identify people over a mile (1.6 km) away.

This earned her a Guinness World Record for smallest visible object.

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