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TIL Frogs absorb water directly through their skin in an area known as the 'drinking patch' located on their belly and the underside of their thighs.

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Y7K4A TIL tourists thrown an average of €1.5million into Rome's Trevi Fountain each year. The money is collected and donated to charity, providing some 52,800 meals at local soup kitchen in 2023 alone.
egmb TIL that there are lots of English “contronyms”, or words that are their own antonyms (opposites).
neJOo TIL of the Great Green Wall of Africa (or the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel) being planted to combat the expansion of the Sahara Desert. Originally proposed in 1954 it is approximately 15% completed and will span 8,000 km across all of the African continent.
PYgwG TIL James Doohan(Soctty from Star Trek) killed 2 snipers on Juno Beach on D-Day.
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