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TIL when Kermit debuted with other Muppets in the 1955 show “Sam and Friends” he wasn’t a frog, but had a lizard-like appearance

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LQ6MV TIL that Mary, Queen of Scots, smuggled her dog to her execution under her skirts. The dog tried to stay near her corpse and afterward, died when it refused to eat.
WkYpL TIL Iceland has the highest population percentage of pot smokers at 18.3% of their country smoking weed.
gr1W7 TIL - Ants can lay a trail of Pheromones that connect into a circle, eventually trapping the entire colony in a “death spiral” where they essentially all run themselves to death.
nke9 TIL There is an “Inception” phenomenon where the individual believes they have awakened and are going about their day as usual (i.e. got dressed, ate breakfast) only to wake up and realize none of it happened in reality. There can be multiple false awakenings in a dream session.
rR7Rx TIL Ladybugs are highly promiscuous cannibals and were found to have the first known case of STDs in insects