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TIL a species of frog in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear plant has changed colour from green to black

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e8x5 TIL dogs get jealous just like humans
R768 TIL that in the “Plato’s Stepchildren” episode of Star Trek William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols deliberately flubbed every take of a scene where they did NOT kiss, thus forcing the episode to go out with the kiss intact.
OGaB4 TIL Epigenetics is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. Unlike genetic changes, epigenetic changes are reversible and do not change your DNA sequence. Epigenetic changes affect gene expression to turn genes “on” and “off.”
GAMV1 TIL it’s impossible to make soft shell turtle eggs sunny side up. The egg white protein doesn’t coagulate with heat.
NxXM TIL of Oskar Dirlewanger, commander of the “Dirlewanger” unit, the most infamous SS unit in the German military during WWII. A child molester, violent alcoholic, and sadist, the war crimes committed under Dirlewanger’s command remain unparalleled in their monstrosity.