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TIL earlier this year Costa Ricans discovered their first new species of frog since 1973, bearing a striking resemblance to Kermit.

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Yprer TIL that when USPS Parcel Post began, a banker mailed 40 tons of bricks to his new bank location because the cost was lower than commercial freight.
4NjR TIL the Nazis planned to have the Native Americans rebel against the US government, after which the Nazis would give the Native Americans back their land.
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