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TIL Proanthocyanidins, the active ingredient in cranberries that stop UTIs from starting is found at the same level in red delicious and granny smith apples. Unsweetened baking chocolate has 27 times that and dry grape seeds have 90 times.

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Lk9Bm TIL of Bear 122, "The Boss" - a large Grizzly bear who has dominated Banff Nation Park in Canada for the last decade.
rRNZM TIL in 1997 Vladimir Markov, a tiger poacher managed to shoot and wound a tiger and steal it's recent kill, but the tiger escaped. The tiger later found Markov's hunting cabin. He wasn't home, so the tiger tore the place up and waited. When Markov came home he was attacked and killed, but not eaten.
5YjkD TIL of John Shaw, an outlaw who ordered a drink in a Winslow, AZ saloon then robbed the place. He was later caught and killed but since he never finished the drink his friends dug him up, poured whiskey down his throat and took photos.
yVyye TIL that the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada was established in 1979 after the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement overthrew the previous Grenadian administration. Grenada was still a commonwealth realm during this time, making it a socialist state with Elizabeth II as its monarch.
ngdd TIL Lorenzo Music, the voice of Garfield, volunteered with a suicide hotline. He recalled that sometimes a caller would change their tone upon hearing his voice: “I am bankrupt, my wife ran off with another man… Hey you sound just like that cat on TV!”