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TIL there is a grizzly bear in Banff, Canada that's name is Boss; he has been hit by a train 3 times, eats smaller black bears and elk and has never cause any harm to people and lives in town.

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97wB TIL that Eminem’s song ‘Rap God’ is in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most words in a song (1,560 words in 6:04 minutes at an average of 4.28 words per second)
9YNbG TIL that the AI that beat the world’s best DOTA player did so only because it was a 1v1, forced the player to use the same hero it was using, had access to Dota’s API, and ended up losing multiple times after players switched strategy
dDKK8 TIL that the original job of the coroner was to collect the revenues of the English Crown - legal fines, buried treasure, shipwrecks, and the like. This included the seized estates of suicide victims and murderers, and over time the office of coroner evolved into the modern function.
Wke8L TIL It is estimated there are more than 10^31 bacteriophages on the planet, more than every other organism on Earth, including bacteria, combined.
8eEBb TIL it is possible to convert heat directly into electricity, with something called a Thermionic Generator. Humans are unfortunately not great at building them (yet).