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Ag0x TIL there is an Ig Nobel Prize for unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. This year’s winners include Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, LITHUANIA, for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with an armored tank.
WkZ54 TIL the paradoxical frog (Pseudis paradoxa) comes from tadpoles that are approximately 3-4 times larger than the resulting adult frog.
bWW9 TIL that Beer was probably one of the most crucial and influential inventions of mankind, possibly even influencing the invention/discovery of mathematics and written language.
1NP7 TIL pillbugs are actually crustaceans and not insects
4poJ TIL When preparing for Leaving Las Vegas, Nic Cage would videotape himself wasted so that he could watch and re create his drunk speech patterns