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TIL the Lake Titicaca frog (Telmatobius culeus) does push-ups to help its saggy skin absorb the most oxygen possible from it's high altitude lake habitat

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LYR0 TIL Vin Scully called Sandy Koufax’s perfect game (1965), Hank Aaron’s 715th HR (1974), “The Catch” (1982), Bill Buckner’s error (1986), and Kirk Gibson’s home run (1988). BTW he still announces Dodger baseball today.
VM7kZ TIL participation in high school sports has been dropping in the last decade. Yet, participation in school sports among wealthy students is higher than ever
6EARY TIL Native Americans never rode horses until the Europeans brought them in the 16th century
x6A80 TIL that Cambodian King Jayavarman VII built 102 hospitals in order to serve the people of the Khmer Empire.
x68RB TIL the "Memory of the World (MoW) Programme" is an international initiative launched to safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity against collective amnesia, neglect, decay over time and climatic conditions, as well as deliberate destruction