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TIL that Hugh Glass was attacked by a bear, had his leg broken and ribs exposed, was left for dead by his companions who thought he was dead, treated his injuries, and crawled over 200 miles for six weeks back to the nearest settlement, and then set out to find the men who left him to die.

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