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TIL that Grizzly Bears are a type of Brown Bear, rather than a seperate species. Same goes for Kodiak Bears

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Vjvp TIL that ZZ Top guitarists Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, were once offered $1 million by Gillette to cut off their facial hair. They said “The prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film…a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation.”
WA7X TIL that Chess is a sport recognized by the IOC and therefore players are subject to Drug Testing
xmm7 TIL A trading company went bankrupt after a software engineer forgot to set a single flag on a server, resulting in a loss of 460 million dollars in 45 minutes.
kObGg TIL the creators of the album Dispepsi did not use its name, instead using anagrams like "Ideppiss", because they feared copyright infringements lawsuits from Pepsi. However, they started using the actual name after Pepsi lawyers told them they had no problem with that.
pYoON TIL that demand for semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) in 2024 forced Novo Nordisk to run factories 24/7, 365 days a year, hire 10,000+ workers, and spend $6B on expansion. New UK prescriptions were also halted due to shortages.