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TIL Stephen Fry spent time in prison for credit card fraud

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kO5L7 TIL about the Grasshopper Mouse - a mouse that eats snakes, scorpions and other critters and is immune to scorpion venom. The best part is that it lets out a horrifyingly cute howl after eating and has been nicknamed the Ware-wolf Mouse
d8LmZ TIL Subaru Corporation used to be called Nakajima Aircraft Company. They started out making military aircraft during WWII and eventually designed and produced Apache (AH64-D) Attack Helicopters.
6EKaJ TIL Nick Nolte was named 1992's "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine.
ojkR TIL A Swedish woman filed a police complaint for harassment when a man she rejected farted before leaving her home. Police dismissed the case and said: “It’s impossible to prove that he wanted to pass particularly smelly wind on purpose.”
ne8jd TIL teff, the staple food crop of Ethiopia, is a highly nutritious "superfood" like quinoa. After US and European health food trends created a huge demand for quinoa, prices skyrocketed in Bolivia, where it is a staple food. Fearing their own food shortage, Ethiopia banned the export of teff in 2006