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TIL of the Gastric Brooding Frog aka Platypus frog, that swallows its eggs and broods the young in its stomach, eventually giving birth through its mouth.

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e0Wng TIL, that gynosome exist.
R5aGj TIL that the term "electricity" is derived from the Greek word "elektron," which means "amber." This is because amber is a type of fossilized tree resin that can produce static electricity when it is rubbed with a cloth.
LArd TIL that an estimated 2 million German women were raped during the later part of WWII. The majority of the rapes took place in the Soviet occupation zone. This is considered by some to be the “greatest phenomenon of mass rape in history”.
GAJVJ TIL Potatoes are not indigenous to Ireland. They were cultivated by the Incas circa 8000 BC and first brought to Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century.
ADWVn TIL during his time as a POW, Alexis Casdagli made numerous cross-stitches. One of them was so good that the Germans displayed them in his POW camp for everyone to see, unaware of a secret message stitched into his handiwork. The message, in Morse code, reads "God save the King" and "Fuck Hitler"