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TIL Frogs are becoming extinct.

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6ENgW TIL there are nerve endings that exist only to recognize a gentle stroking touch. Their activation decreases the heart rate and activates the smile muscle. Their optimal speed is 3-5 cm/s, which means we are genetically wired to cuddle and caress each other at predetermined velocities.
9wd9p TIL in 2016, 19-year-old Florida frat boy Austin Harrouff walked into a garage and killed two strangers, biting one of the victims' faces. He thought he was “half man, half dog” and being chased by a demon. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
XEvwP Moon bases could be built using astronaut urine
4b55 TIL Verne Troyer, the actor best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, was born into an Amish family.
pX9A TIL that Nazi scientists tried to reverse-engineer extinct animals through selective breeding, such as the Aurochs and Wisent, as part of their effort to “restore” a primeval Germany.