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TIL many bears in Russia are addicted to sniffing gasoline from abandoned barrels. Some are so addicted, they stalk helicopters to sniff the drops of fuel they leave behind.

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oR7bA TIL that Charles Joughin, Chief Baker on the Titanic, helped passengers board lifeboats and was “boozed up”, which allowed him to withstand the frigid temperatures. He threw chairs overboard to use as flotation devices, and some say he was the last to enter the water, where he survived for 2 hours.
9Yxrp TIL The Luddites were a radical group of English textile workers and weavers in the 19th century who destroyed weaving machinery as a form of protest.
Y79P7 TIL between 1962 and 1989 the West German government bought nearly 34,000 East German political prisoners for approximately 40,000 Deutsche Mark (roughly 20,000 Euro) per Person.
gOKW TIL the Catholic Church used to castrate boys who accused priests of sexual abuse, as recently as the 1950’s
8aBEL TIL A Japanese fish called Hanako (1751-1977) lived for 215 years. The longest living koi fish ever recorded.