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TIL a grizzly bear can run 30-35mph (48-56km/h)—as fast as a racehorse

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wdM8 TIL that Ozzy Osbourne once tried to set the mood by doing a striptease and kissing a record executive on the lips. In reality he was so intoxicated that he performed a Nazi goose-step up and down the table followed by dipping his testicles in and then urinating in the executive’s wine.
LQMbV TIL that the library career of the creator of the Dewey Decimal system, Melvil Dewey ended in disgrace, because of his groping of female librarians. Dewey also insisted on seeing photographs of the women before he would hire them, to determine if they were attractive or not.
d8xR8 TIL that Honey Bees aren't native to the US, and are wimpy pollinators compared to native bees.
LNM9 TIL that on the set of Rocky IV, Lundgren (Ivan Drago) punched Sylvester Stallone so hard that he had to be sent to the hospital, where they thought he had been hit by a car.
yVQVw TIL one Brazil nut contains twice the recommended daily amount of selenium our body requires. One serving of nuts contains about 1000% of your daily allowance.