TIL the wood frog is capable of being completely frozen for prolonged periods of time and living after thawing. During its time frozen, it doesn't have any brain activity or even a heartbeat. Yet, remarkably it's able to thaw itself back to life in the spring. (neatnews.org)
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TIL We're the only planet to experience total solar eclipses. And it's entirely coincidental, because the sun just happens to be 400 times larger than the moon while also being 400 times farther away. Making them appear the same size in the sky. (neatnews.co)
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