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TIL "Lepidobatrachus laevis" despite its cute appearance is also known as the "Freddy Krueger frog" due to its aggressive "chomp and hold attitude"

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OoXx6 TIL I learned about Amet-khan Sultan, WWII Soviet Air Force pilot, 2x Hero of The Soviet Union, 3x recipient of the Order of Lenin and 4x recipient of the Order of the Red Banner who personally down 30 enemy planes, including 2 by ramming them.
jN95n TIL While accounting for merely 3% of Taiwan’s total land area, Yushan National Park has half of Taiwan’s native plant species growing within its boundaries. In surveys, there are 2,522 different kinds of plants found in the park
xYr7 TIL that “tobogganing” is what you call when a penguin glides through their stomach
j6APR TIL that Cuba have only cashed 1 cheque that America have sent them for the lease for the land that Guantanamo Bay Naval Base sits on since 1959.
PY6kO TIL:In 1974 artist Marina Abramović displayed her performance art "Rhythm 0"-Where she stayed still for 6 hours and let guests do what ever they wanted to her with 72 items she had placed on a table. One of the items were a loaded gun. The guests started out gentle but got worse after couple of hrs.