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TIL: Tess than 75 years after the discovery of gold in 1848, almost every grizzly bear in California had been tracked down and killed. ... Two years later in 1924, what was thought to be a grizzly was spotted in Sequoia National Park for the last time and thereafter, grizzlies were never seen again

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0dwEL TIL there is an audiobook of the CIA torture report narrarated by Academy Award winner Helen Mirren
ned8W TIL in 2002 three geriatric Catholic nuns broke into a US nuclear missile launch facility, vandalized it with hammers, and drew crosses on the silo with their own blood.
ANa4w TIL that ‘Shawshank Redemption’, the highest-rated IMDb film of all time, was nominated for seven Oscars - but won none.
v11AL Yes, the universe itself will eventually outpace the speed of light.
6beZ TIL that the first documented appearance of “the finger” in the United States was in 1886, when Charles Radbourn, a baseball pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, was photographed giving it to a member of their rival the New York Giants.