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TIL female frogs play dead to avoid mating with males

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OGJn1 TIL King James I who famously translated the bible, also wrote Daemonologie, a guide to demons, witches, and witchcraft.
OoYK6 TIL of Anders Haugen, the only American to ever medal in ski jumping. He finished 4th in the 1924 olympics, but when a historian reviewed the results 50 years later he found a scoring error. Shortly thereafter, Anders went to Norway at 86 years old and was awarded his long overdue bronze medal.
QoMX TIL That an American pit bull terrier named Chief saved two women from a deadly cobra, yet died wagging his tail.
6JkZ TIL that James May of Top Gear/Grand Tour fame not only bested Gordon Ramsay in a ‘test of man’ competition (which ended with the two eating rotten shark) but beat him in culinary competition while drunk on white wine.
Gw07 TIL NFL defensive tackle Amobi Okoye is the youngest player ever to play in the NFL. After testing into 9th grade at 12 and graduating at 16, he chose to play NCAA football at Louisville (though he was accepted to Harvard) before graduating early and being drafted by the Texans at the age of 19.