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TIL that Ryan Holle is currently serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for lending his car to a friend who committed a murder despite having no other involvement.

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JBnj TIL - in 2011, firefighters let a house burn down because the owners had not paid the $75 annual firefighting fee
mxK9P TIL in 1911, a "witchcat" appeared near Pottsville PA. It caused hens to crow like rooster and pigs to bark like dogs. Thomas Howell, the man who saw it, died along with eight cows and horses, the deaths attributed to a hex. The family crafted a golden bullet to shoot the cat and break the hex.
D1QGp TIL sea turtle, deer, and live frog sashimi are available in Japan
d8A87 TIL that metal stretchers used to transport dead/wounded citizens after WWII airraids in London were repurposed to be used as fences around apartment buildings. Some are still in use today.
Omne TIL because ant-eating frogs go hunting for bugs in tiny and hard-to-access places, scientists use them as a tool to go where they can’t go. By flushing their stomachs, the amphibians vomit whatever is in their bellies—revealing potential treasures, like the new ant Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri