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TIL that if a grizzly bear and polar bear mate, it makes a "pizzly bear"!

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XEDnr TIL the sea route that Titanic sunk on should have been populated by many other ships, which could have saved victims of the sinking, however, ships transferred their coal to Titanic in port so she could make the date of her voyage, resulting in the area being virtually isolated when Titanic sunk.
6EZ6m TIL Due to the absence of the fifth finger on the hands of cartoon characters, animation studios have managed to save several millions of dollars, since this decision cut the time for the frame-by-frame rendering of characters.
KerR TIL Walmart was involved in a $24 million dollar bribery scandal to open stores more quickly in Mexico than the law allows.
9YDQm TIL that comedian Redd Foxx avoided the United States military draft for World War II by eating half of a soap bar before his physical, causing heart palpitations
YpORA TIL that not only is it true that cockroaches can survive decapitation for a week or more but ALSO their heads can carry on moving on their own, waving their antennae back and forth for several hours.