› added 10 years ago

354

TIL: There is a frog from Africa, Trichobatrachus robustus, that breaks a bone in its toe pad, pushes the sharp broken bone through it’s skin, and tries to shank you with it if it feels threatened.

Read more newscientist.com

via reddit.com

ZA1D TIL that skin bleach is used for scars and not just buttholes
8mba TIL: In WWII King George VI was at war with Nazi Germany as King of the UK, but as King of Ireland he was at peace with Germany and validated the credentials of German ambassadors. After WWII he was at war with himself as King of Pakistan and seperately King of India
mXdM TIL that Researchers had found 100 Percent Match Between Mysterious Hairs and Ancient Polar Bear DNA
rNRM1 TIL of sacrificial anodes. They are normally Zinc blocks that are attached to a ships hull. They have a more anodic, i.e. less noble, potential than steel when immersed in sea water, so they corrode away instead of the ships hull it is attached to. Once worn they can then be replaced.
oBR1Y "Humans are excellent at picking up patterns, even better than computers, despite recent advances in machine learning."