The frog in the kettle

What Wikipedia Can’t Tell You

In my youth (umpteen years ago), someone told me if you put a frog in a kettle of water, then turn the heat up slowly to the boiling point, that frog would just sit there grinning while he slowly boiled to death. I thought, “that’s ridiculous – who wouldn’t get out when it got too hot!” So, I pitched that story in my “totally absurd” pile. Fast forward to the good old co...

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