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Lights Out With Sylvia Shults by Sylvia Shults

Jul 6, 2026Society & Culture

In 2014, grasshopper swarms in Albuquerque, NM, were so large they showed up as rainfall on local weather radar. (from Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Undoubtedly Odd)

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Today I Learned … is an episode from Lights Out With Sylvia Shults by Sylvia Shults. In 2014, grasshopper swarms in Albuquerque, NM, were so large they showed up as rainfall on local weather radar. (from Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Un...

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