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Today I learned the plural of ‘beef’ is ‘beeves’

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grdjb TIL: The football huddle was first invented by a deaf college team (Gallaudet University) in 1894 to keep the opposing team (also deaf) from reading their plays which were signed in ASL
oRWkW TIL Red-Eyed Tree Frogs use “Flash Coloration” which describes when an organism displays certain colors at rest versus in motion. When the frog is startled, it can flash its bright red eyes, orange webbed feet, and blue/yellow lateral stripes, which startles predators and allows the frog to escape.
xwMw TIL Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world
8aJ1b TIl that in New Delhi (India) if trees fall sick, an ambulance is dispatched to treat them. This came into effect in 2009 and takes four people to do the job.
awG6L TIL the hobbits did not descend from Homo Sapiens but were some kin of Homo Habilis who lived in Africa 1.75 million years ago