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TIL that there is a frog that swallows its eggs, and then gives birth to live frogs by vomiting them out of her stomach

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gMayA Around 1 million people in Ireland—as well as 20,000 people in the United States—can speak Irish. It’s an ancient and unfamiliar-looking language in the Celtic group, making it a linguistic cousin of other ancient languages like Welsh, Scots, Manx, and Breton. To English speakers though, it’s a tough language to master. It has a relatively complex grammar that sees words inflected in an array of different contexts ignored in English. It uses a different word order from English that places the verb, rather than the subject, at the head of the clause. And it uses an alphabet traditionally comprising just 18 letters, so words are often pronounced completely differently from what an English speaker might expect.
QJyX6 TIL The typical brain comprises about 2% of the body’s total weight, but uses 20% of its total energy and oxygen intake.
EgoXo TIL that Tommy Maddox left the NFL after five unsuccessful years as a QB, and became an insurance agent. Two years later, an arena football team asked him to play. Maddox sold his agency and accepted the offer. He eventually returned to the NFL and helped the Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL.
16ROW TIL That 4 months before the Rwandan genocide happened General Roméo Dallaire, commander of the United Nations peacekeeping forces warned the UN that a genocide could happen but they ignored him
jLjE TIL that Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing is made by Clorox and you can cheaply buy it in 20lb bags of powder that turn into 100 gallons of dressing.