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TIL Water Bears Can Survive in Space

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X9ZX TIL that in 1972 John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a bank in Brooklyn after being inspired by Al Pacino’s performance in ‘The Godfather’, only to be portrayed by Al Pacino himself in 1975’s 'Dog Day Afternoon’
78RWL TIL that Pizzly Bears are the offspring of a female Polar Bear and a male Brown Bear. These hyprid Bears are able to breed offspring and to date there have been 8 confirmed hybrids (4 50:50 B:P, 4 75:25 B/P) in the wild. All 4 75:25 came from one 50:50 female and all 4 50:50 came from one female PB.
NXEe6 TIL Helmut Schmidt, West German chancellor in the 1970s, was famous for being a heavy smoker. He was known for lighting cigarettes during TV interviews. He lived to age 96, passing from complications following surgery on a blood clot in his leg.
VM5Zm TIL former NHL goalie Gilles Gratton believed he was an executioner who stoned people to death in a past life and was fated to be a goalie as punishment.
wO66 TIL When pooping, squatting is medically healthier than sitting.