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TIL: Over 60% of polar bears live in Canada

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Memm7 TIL about the Finkbeiner Test, which is used avoid gender bias in science related journalism by asking the author to avoid mentioning a female scientist's child care arrangements, her husband's job and other topics not germane to the article.
0w1wL TIL the human brain remains half awake when sleeping in a new environment for the first time.
A6rg TIL that in the Civil War, Generals were 50% more likely to die in combat than Privates
0wAMA TIL that Ebbie Tolbert was born in around 1807 and spent over 50 years as a slave. She gained her freedom at age 56. And lived long enough that at age 113 she walked to the St Louis polling station and registered to vote.
ne8mb TIL the orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) is a beautiful white, pinkish-white, or brownish-white species of praying mantis with lobes on its legs that look like flower petals which the mantis uses to its advantage when capturing its prey. It can change color depending on environmental conditions.