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TIL that, to avoid predators, when the glass frogs are asleep, they remove nearly 90% of their circulating blood cells, storing what is essentially their entire circulatory system in one organ and resulting almost transparent

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OGPkX TIL in 2024, the original design of Mickey Mouse loses its copyright protection. However, Disney can still take legal action if you draw it in color, because colored Mickey Mouse is still copyrighted until 2035.
wLQk6 TIL In 1981 a scientist who was researching medical uses for magic mushrooms was killed in a robbery. The top suspects confessed to the crime on tape and their fingerprints were at the scene yet they were never charged, the DEA later admitted they destroyed the evidence linking them to the crime.
NXAgM TIL more people die from drowning in deserts than from dehydration.
log91 TIL - Gov. Rafael Lacava, leads Venezuela’s Carabobo state, goes by the nickname “Dracula” and conducts late-night patrols in his homemade Batmobile to discourage black market activity.
meOo TIL “the last great tank battle of the 20th century” took place in the middle of nowhere in the Iraqi desert. Since there were no nearby towns or landmarks, the Battle of 73 Easting had to be named after its map coordinates.