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TIL Some frogs reproduce in complex systems involving multiple different species

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MeYem TIL Aston Martin’s personalisation division is named "Q" after the "Q Branch" in the Bond franchise which provides equipment to field operatives of the British Secret Service.
NXLN6 TIL in Switzerland, dashcam footage is usually not allowed in court unless it helps solve a serious crime. Privacy laws make it hard to use, and traffic violations don't count as serious enough.
ynYe TIL that in the Battle of Asal Uttar (1965 Indo-Pakistan war), the Indian army let the Pakistan army think they had retreated, and then flooded the sugarcane fields they camping in overnight, causing the Pakistan tanks sink into the mud. The Pakistan army lost 100 tanks against India’s 10.
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