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TIL Arctos is the Greek word for bear, meaning the Grizzly Bear’s scientific name (Ursus arctos) literally translates as “Bear Bear”, the Arctic Ocean is the “Bear Ocean”, and Antarctica is “The Land with no Bears”.

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