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TIL that there is a type of frog you can partially see through. It is called the Glass frog.

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N7N56 TIL the creator of Bumfights went onto Dr.Phil dressed as Dr.Phil and claimed they both took advantage of people in the same way
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Nljb TIL Yuri Gagarin had to eject himself and parachute down to Earth because his reentry from space in the capsule would have killed him as it had no brake mechanisms to slow him down sufficiently
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DQnkg Today I Learned that even though chilies and peppers aren't related, chilies are often called "chili peppers" because of an historical error caused by Christopher Columbus mistakenly linking the "spiciness" and "heat" of native Latin American chilies to Indian pepper.