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TIL Tajik is a Persian language written in Cyrillic script

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kJ7dm TIL some frogs in South/Central America have the rare ability to become nearly transparent when they're sleeping but look opaque reddish-brown when hopping around. Using light and ultrasound imaging technology they found the frogs concentrate their blood in their liver, draining them of most color.
xR5o TIL 4200 year old egyptian texts includes advice such as Shut your pie hole, Eat your vegetables, Don’t have sex with lady-boys, Taking your wife to a restaurant makes her happy, and Actions speak louder than words
WdeN TIL female pornstars make 77% more money than their equal male counterparts.
worrP TIL about Shackleton’s job posting – Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey
e0rdb TIL In 1958 nuclear weapons were proposed as a tool for petroleum extraction. The plan was to detonate 100 nuclear bombs in the Alberta Oil Sands, thus adding heat and decreasing viscosity, the bitumen could then be easily pumped out. The project was put on hiatus due to risk of Soviet espionage.