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TIL: An ‘extinct’ tree frog has been rediscovered in India after 137 years

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GYZdQ TIL Tsar Nicholas II kissed thousands of soldiers during his reign. It was an Easter tradition for him to personally kiss each one of the thousands of soldiers of his Cossack bodyguard on the cheek. This took two to four days.
8aLNV TIL that in September 1332 Edward Balliol, pretender to the Scottish throne, was attacked in the night by Scots rebels and narrowly escaped by riding bareback, naked from the waist down, all the way from Annan to Carlisle (about 18 miles).
KONx6 TIL of Pearl S. Buck (赛珍珠 - Sai Zhenzhu), Author and Activist that was the First American Woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature and escaped death in the Nanking Incident of 1927
M7YG0 TIL that world renowned swimmer Michael Phelps considered becoming a professional golfer after retiring from swimming and also holds the world record for the longest televised putt at 159 feet