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TIL predation by wasps can cause the eggs of red-eyed tree frogs attached to the leaves of trees to hatch immediately, allowing the tadpole to escape by falling into the water below

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P19XE TIL that if each move took one second, a 64 disk Tower of Hanoi would take around 585 billion years to complete
7jbp TIL aged five, Phil Collins entered a talent content at Butlins singing The Ballad of Davy Crockett, stopping the orchestra halfway through to tell them they were playing in the wrong key
16eoD TIL that the San Luis Valley in southern CO is the largest alpine valley in the world - roughly the same size as New Hampshire
A5Ex TIL of Timothy Tyler who is serving life in prison without parole for mailing 5.2 grams of LSD to a friend.
1a5V4 TIL of a Russian game show where the contestant was given a car that was reported stolen to the police and if the contestant evaded the police for 35 minutes, the contestant won the car.