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TIL the paradoxical frog, pseudis paradoxa, is the only known animal that has babies larger than the parent.

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PK5e TIL it is illegal for US citizens and corporations to boycott Israel.
lO8A TIL Fritos are made of only three ingredients: corn, corn oil, and salt.
NXynP TIL that the Bluetooth logo is a combination of two Viking-Era Younger Futhark runes that are analogous to the Latin letters “H” and “B”, initials of King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson who united Norway and Denmark in 958 CE, and whose moniker is believed to come from the color of his dead tooth.
AD1ex TIL in West Papua, Indonesia, remote tribal groups still engage in combat with one another using bows and arrows.
QJ09L TIL a farmer named Tony Dighera developed a plastic mold to put over his pumpkins so that they grow into the face of Frankenstein. Known as "Pumpkinsteins", it took him 4 years, 27 varieties of pumpkin and $400,000 to perfect his idea.