Bizarre Toy Store Tid Bits

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A group of twelve hundred people want the nationwide franchised toy store, Learning Express to stop selling frogs. That's right - frogs. The Learning Express has been criticized before for selling EcoAquariums containing African dwarf frogs (which Target and Brookstone have recently stopped selling). Ironically, back in July the California Department of Public Health warned of a salmonella outbreak linked to the African dwarf frogs. [Racked Wire]