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TIL cane toads (both tadpoles and adults) can survive in high salinity water.

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VB6eG TIL of the "Mondegreen" phenomenon: A mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. It was coined in 1954 when the words "laid him on the green" were misinterpreted as "Lady Mondegreen".
KgkG TIL 45 American politicians have been assassinated, with Democrats suffering 19 losses compared to the Republican’s 8
WkgQ8 TIL that giant ground sloths dug enormous burrows in South America thousands of years ago that still exist today. The biggest ones are over 6 feet tall and 2,000 feet long.
OvL1 TIL of Hajimi Fuji, who volunteered for the kamikaze but was refused acceptance because he had a wife and two young children. To honour his wish his wife drowned her two young girls and drowned herself. Hajimi then flew as a kamikaze pilot,meeting his death on the 28th May 1945.
9YLkG TIL Quaker Oats fed disabled children radioactive oatmeal