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TIL in 1985, a black bear in the mountains of Georgia became infamous for consuming a huge quantity of cocaine. A drug smuggler dropped 88lb out of a plane ($15 million worth). Later, the bear was discovered dead near the duffel bag after an overdose and is now taxidermed and on display in Kentucky

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Z8XrD TIL that standard QWERTY keyboards are used in China. Chinese users are familiar with the sounds that Latin letters make, and they type in the way their characters sound when spoken out loud. Software then translates the sound they typed into a Chinese character.
nG8b TIL The post office in Bedrock, Colorado receives so much fan mail addressed to characters from ‘The Flintstones’ that they have a special stamp for rejecting the mail that says 'Return to Sender - Fictitious Cartoon Character’
ArL4 TIL That Alfred Ely Beach constructed the first NY subway in secret, under the nose of corrupt politician William “Boss” Tweed. AND he did it in only 58 days
yW4J TIL that orange carrots were NOT selectively bred by Dutch farmers in the 1600s to honor the Prince of Orange. It’s a tale, and there’s no documentary evidence for this story! The real history is far more complex, and more interesting….
xVnL0 TIL whilst filming 'Man on the Moon' at Universal Studios in 1999, Jim Carrey once dressed as Mrs. Bates from 'Psycho' and terrorised a tram of tourists passing the film's sets on the Studio Tour. As a result, the tour has included an actor that slowly approaches the trams as they pass ever since.