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TIL the last known grizzly bear in Colorado died when she attacked a bow hunter named Ed Wiseman. Wiseman played dead at first but decided to fight back when the bear did not stop mauling him. He picked up a loose arrow and stabbed the bear in her jugular.

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vP5M8 TIL about the Rathbone family. A family of shipbuilders and merchants from the 1700s. Members include actor Basil (played Sherlock Holmes and villains in Robin Hood and Zorro) and COL Henry Rathbone (who was in the box seat with President Lincoln when he got shot by Booth)
Z8KOa TIL that in the needles of the Pinus flexilis live bacteria that are capable of fixing nitrogen from the air.
X5L8 TIL during his time in the army James Blunt once disobeyed orders from a US general - to attack a group of Russian troops.
dJV9 TIL Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was recorded just two days before Redding died in a plane crash. The iconic whistling at the end of the track was the result of Redding forgetting the lyrics he had written for that part.
NP18 TIL Every year tourists throw approximately 1.1 million Euro into the Trevi Fountain in Rome.