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TIL there’s an official term for Grammar Nazi’s: Prescriptivists.

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1aNxP TIL the writer of the campy and super fun 1960s "Batman" also wrote the campy and super fun 1980s "Flash Gordon" movie
4XMN TIL Stephen Fry was expelled from a number of schools and eventually spent three months in prison for credit card fraud
j6XGE TIL a Nebraska woman was able to pump a total of $28,000 worth of gasoline without charge over a period of around six to seven months due to a glitch in the card system. By swiping her rewards card twice at the pump card machine, she was able to access the demo mode.
KOaw TIL that during a siege in 1857, a mysterious Scottish soldier watched one his comrades get shot, and announced that he had joined the regiment simply to see that man die. He then ran into a breach singing Bible verses and trying unsuccessfully to get himself killed.
5VyAp TIL of Mrs Mills' Piano - a 1905 Steinway upright piano at Abbey Road Studios. Its "characteristic out-of-tune honky tonk sound" has been featured on countless albums. Paul McCartney tried to buy it, but was refused.