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TIL that Teddy Bear originiates from an incident in 1902 where President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt refused shooting a black bear.

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OG6g1 TIL a Christian mob killed the female universal genius Hypatia in 415 A.D. The mob stripped Hypatia naked, cut out her eyeballs, tore her body to pieces and dragged her limbs through the city. Hypatia was depicted as a teacher of mathematics, philosophy and astronomy.
4kePb TIL the term "Ass Clown" is credited to be from the movie "Office Space."
a1BZ TIL Gary Plauche killed his son’s kidnapper and sexual abuser in a busy airport as he returned for trial.
8PbG TIL that an Indian airline only hires women because they are lighter, so they save up to $500,000 per year in fuel
D1lEp TIL of the sea pangolin, a deep-sea snail that lives in hydrothermal vents 1.5 miles underwater with crushing pressures and temperatures up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit. To survive, it has an outer armoured shell made of iron sulfide - the only known extant animal to have this property.