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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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v1wJL TIL Of Skara Brae, a Neolithic settlement in Scotlands largest island. In 1850, a Farmer Found a Secret Village Older Than The Great Pyramids of Egypt.
4xKJ TIL A species of cavefish in Thailand has been documented walking and climbing waterfalls in a manner similar to four-footed creatures such as salamanders, in a find researchers call “huge” in evolutionary terms.
VMXpB TIL consumption of a polar bear's liver can cause hypervitaminosis A. In severe cases, it can cause full-body skin loss, leaving the underlying flesh bloody and exposed
E1XO0 TIL the Titanic did not have insufficient lifeboats because it was "unsinkable". Regulations at the time only required a small amount because they thought there would be enough time to ferry passengers back and forth to waiting rescue ships.
OGl71 TIL We Will Rock You by Queen (1977) there is a faster version with heavy metal traits, but after The Works Tour in 1984, it is unknown why they stopped playing