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TIL Sweden is so good at recycling that it has to import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs

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DMmp TIL The Grasshopper Mouse is a predatory mouse that feeds on scorpions. They are resistant to venom and are able to tolerate being stung in the face multiple times because they can temporarily block their pain receptors.
5YJV9 TIL H.G. Wells' The Time Machine was published in 1895 and generally credited for popularizing of time travel. It led to 3 films, 2 TV series, multiple comics, and indirectly inspired many works of fiction using time travel as its vehicle.
x6Bb TIL That North Korea is completely blank on Google Maps
wLBNW TIL That on Queen Elizabeth II's trip to New Zealand in 1981, a 17-year old fired at gun at her, hoping to kill her
P9AO TIL that Japanese Macaque monkeys in 1953 started washing their food before consuming it. They now evolved to seasoning it!