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TIL Kobe Bryant’s grandmother only came to see him play one game his entire professional career. That one game versus the Toronto Raptors he scored 81 points.

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XEvMP TIL spectacled bears are the only bears native to South America. Also called Andean bears, they are one of four extant bear species that are habitually arboreal. Their diet is mainly herbivorous with 5-7% composed of meat. This bear species was the inspiration for the documentary Paddington Bear.
nen9Y TIL it is easy to build a particle physics detector with just a fish tank, alcohol, paper and a hot water bottle. It will show cosmic rays that come from beyond our galaxy.
1EdX TIL Kristy Alley from Cheers did not appear as a guest in Frasier because she is a Scientologist and does not believe in psychiatry
WOvA TIL one of the aqueducts that provides half of New York Citys water leaks 35 million gallons a day, enough water to supply nearly half a million people a day. The fix will cost 1.5 BILLION dollars and wont be done until 2021.
WQe4 TIL the story about ‘Unsinkable Sam’ - a German WW2 ship cat who served on three different war ships. All three sank during the war and Sam survived…