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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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N7DOJ TIL the oldest recipient of a doctorate degree was German born Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, who submitted her thesis in 1938 but wasn’t allowed to defend it under Nazi rule because her mother was Jewish. 77 years later she was finally given the chance to do so and obtained her PhD at the age of 102.
QJ1a TIL the sequel to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” involves Wonka and the Buckets narrowly escaping death at the hands(?) of vicious aliens in a government-funded space hotel and traveling into Hell (AKA Minusland) to save Grandma Georgina.
8am08 TIL That the smallest volcano in the world its just 13 meters and its located in the middle of a city in Mexico
Y7vrP TIL Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of JFK, brought lobotomized Rosemary to home. She also advocated intellectual dissability right, disclosed Rosmary's struggle, and founded Special Olympics
W7a94 TIL ~7000 years ago, the human Y-chromosome experienced a restriction in diversity. During this time, there would have been effectively one man for every seventeen women contributing to the gene pool. Research suggests that neolithic society was selecting which men could have reproductive success.