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TIL there's only 8 species of bears in the world: brown bears, Asian black bears, American black bears, sun bears, sloth bears, spectacled bears, polar bears, and giant pandas.

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ObMa TIL that the US Constitution still allows Congress and the President to issue and sign off on Letters of Marque, essentially allowing a private citizen to become a pirate in the name of the US
D1jZD TIL about The Woman Without a Face who committed murders, petty theft, and explosive robberies across Europe. What linked them was DNA from the same unknown woman. Eventually, it was found that the DNA was from a worker at the factory that produced the cotton swabs the forensics team had been using.
XE8Lr TIL Ancient Romans used to wipe their butt with a communal sponge on a stick, rinsing it with vinegar or salt water before leaving it for the next person.
OGgea TIL that an undefined number of rats, accused of destroying barley crops in 16th-century France, had a lawyer named Barthélemy de Chasseneuz. He cleverly sought delays, citing rats' age and health, and convinced the town to curfew their cats, but lost as the cats still ate the rats.
YppoG Velvet worms can shoot strings of goo Spiderman-like from their mouths to entangle their prey.