We are beginning to believe frogs may be the true superheroes of the natural world. We have previously documented their amazing powers of levitation, and times when it literally rained frogs on […]
Dip Your Frog to Keep Your Milk Fresh
Copycat Children Get Sick After Watching Disney Film
The Disney film The Princess and the Frog was released on December 11, 2009. Within a month of its release, over fifty children in the United States were hospitalized for salmonella poisoning. In the […]
Step Aside, Wolverine; Meet the Horror Frog
Imagine a creature that can extend its bones through its hands as deadly claws. No, it’s not a rip-off of Marvel Comic’s superhero Wolverine. We are talking about a true-to-life marvel of […]
The Bodyguard Spider and the Pet Frog
Some people like to keep tarantulas as pets. Others might prefer to keep frogs. What would you say about a tarantula that keeps a frog as its pet? As strange as that […]
An Extra Leap for Magnetic Personalities
Mark Twain (who is featured in multiple posts here on Commonplace Fun Facts) wrote about the lengths some people will go to in order to get a frog to outjump other frogs. One […]
It’s Not Easy Being Green in Japan
Japan is the largest exporter of frog legs.
Today’s Forecast: Cloudy With a Chance of Amphibians
Parents routinely tell their children to dress appropriately for the weather. How should a child dress to be properly prepared for an onslaught of amphibians? Kansas City, Missouri and Dubuque, Iowa have […]
Not a Bunch of Frogs; Knot a Bunch of Toads
A group of toads is called a knot. source
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