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TIL Bears are attracted to duct tape.

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0w1av TIL that Pespi once ran a promo in the Philippines such that bottle caps with the number "349" printed underneath would win ~$37,000. Unfortunately, a computer glitch printed 800,000 bottle caps with "349"
R7GY7 TIL deep-water fish get the bends when they are reeled in too fast. Sports fishermen unintentionally kill millions of fish each year due to the condition called barotrauma.
PYZKZ TIL in ancient world there was a horse breed so valued and sought after, they were the official mounts of Persian kings, Spartans treated them as treasures, and Han Chinese invaded a Greek city state for them
wWVY TIL the actor who voiced McGruff the crime dog was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2011 for possession of 1,000 marijuana plants, 9,000 rounds of ammunition and 27 weapons (including a grenade launcher.)
W5Ko TIL In Ancient Rome, flaming war pigs were used to counter war elephants. The siege of Megara in 266 BC was broken when Megarians doused pigs in pitch, set them alight and drove them towards the enemy’s massed war elephants. The elephants bolted in terror, killing a large number of soldiers.