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TIL of a new (2019) genus of frogs called Mini, which contains three species - Mini mum, Mini ature, and Mini scule

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6R1w TIL an astronaut threw a boomerang while in a space station and it returned to him. As long as there is air to provide the necessary forces, a boomerang will return to its thrower, even in the weightlessness of Earth’s orbit.
aweD9 TIL that the Julia Butterfly of Costa Rica drinks crocodile tears for the salt and protein content.
rvge TIL Denton Cooley answered in the affirmative when a lawyer during a trial asked him if he considered himself to be the best heart surgeon in the world. “Don’t you think that’s being rather immodest?” the lawyer replied. "Perhaps,” Cooley responded. “But remember I’m under oath.”
OoAje TIL that Finland's Lågskär island lighthouse contained the world's first rotating gas lighting device
loeJV TIL that crows can learn to make and use tools by observing other crows, or even just by seeing a tool.