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TIL Lydia Angiyou, a Canadian mother, fought off a polar bear bare handed to protect her son and other children, before a hunter shot it 4 times to bring it down

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5YQL8 TIL the only book Stephen King has let go out of print is Rage, in which a kid shoots his teacher and holds his class hostage. While he doesn't think books, movies, or video games cause violence, he does think they could act as an outlet to commit violence through, and should be more responsible.
ZeMo TIL that Seth MacFarlane was only 24 when Family Guy was first aired on TV. which makes him the youngest executive producer in history
R7gm7 TIL there is no word for ‘love’ in the language of Luxembourg
XEg9j TIL the word “you” used be only (the 2nd person) plural (“thou” was singular), then it changed to only singular, and today it’s both singular and plural
GM4G TIL that, in 1838, Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs issued Missouri Executive Order 44, ordering all Mormons to leave the state or be killed.