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TIL that due to the melting Arctic Ice, Polar and Grizzly Bears are mating. Their hybrid offspring are known as “pizzlies”.

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x65kD TIL that the recently revived sport of SlamBall was invented by Mason Gordon, a TV writer who had penned episodes of Nickelodeon's "Kenan & Kel" and "Cousin Skeeter."
ADeQd TIL The US National Park Service put out a set of guidelines to avoid being attacked by a bear, such as moving sideways away from the bear and vocalizing to identify yourself as a human. They also advised: “Do NOT push down a slower friend (even if you think the friendship has run its course)."
6ElZX TIL that Kobe Bryant is the only person to have won both an Olympic Medal and an Oscar
k4p5 TIL of Anthony Poshepny, an American CIA agent sent to Communist countries to train anti-Commie rebels. He would hurl severed heads from a plane to terrify Communist forces, and rewarded rebels for cutting off human ears
x7Dw TIL: Voltaire became hugely wealthy by exploiting a flaw in the French lottery.