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TIL the world's fastest accelerating car needs just 12.3 metres to reach 100 km/h (62 mph)

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PYBWE TIL about Izecksohn's Brazilian treefrog (Xenohyla truncata), the only known frugivorous frog species. It feeds on fruit, seeds, pods, pulp flowers and arthropods. It locates the fruit and simply snaps it, swallowing it whole. They eat insects just like any other frog when fruits are unavailable.
kJEB TIL that at Treblinka death camp during WWII, the commander of the camp, Kurt Franz, frequently enjoyed kicking and killing babies arriving at the camp.
M7JnV TIL that when “Fight Club” premiered at the 1999 Venice Film Festival, it got booed hard by the audience. Ed Norton said that as it was happening, Brad Pitt turned to him and said: “That’s the best movie I’m ever going to be in.”
l7W1 TIL that William Shakespeare invented the word “swagger.”
x6K0o TIL the red memorial poppy commemorating deceased veterans on Remembrance Day was originated by an American woman from Georgia