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TIL female frogs play dead to avoid mating with males

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xV4A7 TIL Kentucky Fried Chicken ran a marketing campaign that included Colonel Sanders harlequin-style erotica books for Mother’s Day
9YNWM TIL: Since the declaration of independence the USA has never had a food shortage but recently around 14% of American are food insecure.
b9kX4 TIL a man in the 1830s accused his church of murdering his wife, and had his grievance carved into her gravestone. Its specific, and gives names and events leading to her death. Its about 150 words long.
gM9K9 TIL that along with blacksmiths, there are "whitesmiths" who work with tin or other light metals and "brownsmiths" who work with brass or copper.
kJPWg TIL the woman who created the green bean casserole is in the Inventor's Hall of Fame