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TIL there is a Vietnamese Bird Poop Frog I can keep as a pet.

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7MrM TIL that a Japanese mathematician independently invented much of calculus
RkG1 TIL that just before Thomas Harrison was hanged and disemboweled he was asked for forgiveness by his executioner. He is quoted as saying “"I do forgive thee with all my heart. The Lord grant that this sin may be not laid to thy charge.” He then gave all of the money he had to his executioner.
ke1g TIL: Robert Lucas, upon receiving a Nobel Prize in economic sciences, was only awarded half the prize money. His ex-wife had placed a clause in their divorce settlement in 1988 stating she would receive half the prize money if he won the prize in the following 7 years. He won in the year 1995.
xbZb TIL Charley Parkhurst - known as one of the best stagecoach drivers on the west coast during the American gold rush was in fact a woman disguised as a man and may have been the first woman to vote in a presidential election in California.
yV5de Today I learned that when the US State Department or US military evacuates US citizens from a crisis zone, the evacuees sign a promissory note to repay the US government for the cost of their evacuation.