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TIL captive bred Poison Dart Frogs are not toxic because of their diet.

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Mrx8 TIL: The 1918 “Spanish” flu killed more people in 24 weeks then AIDS has in 24 years, infecting 500m people and killing 10-20% of those infected.
X0DRQ TIL that Helga Estby made a bet for $10000 that she could walk across the United States to save their farm. After she and her daughter did so, she received no money and found that two of her children had died in the meantime.
VMR94 TIL in 2007, Russia used a mini-submarine to plant the country's flag on the floor of the Arctic Ocean in an attempt to claim the region and its natural resources, a move that was rejected by the U.N.
E7Bo TIL During World War 2, Allied submarines would lie on beds of pistol shrimp. The snapping sound made by the shrimp was so loud, it stopped the submarines from being picked up on Japanese sonar.
xX71 TIL Del from The Goralliz wrote the hit song “Clint Eastwood” with help from the book “How to Write a Hit Song”. He bought the book with a coupon his mom gave him and he gave her the platinum plaque.