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TIL Polar Bear skin is actually Black and it’s Hair is made of Keratin protein.

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OMQ7 TIL a man in India created and patented a machine which could manufacture low-cost sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial pads and provided the machines to self-help groups run by women all over India.
78lPO Today I learned that the Cool S symbol is trademarked in the United States, but owner trademarked it to preserve it.
E9A7 TIL there is a live stream with which you can watch bears fish for salmon in Alaska (and a bunch of other stuff)
E18ap TIL A young Chinese woman ran away to Beijing to avoid a planned marriage, but was followed by her fiance. After she became pregnant, her fiance abandoned her at a hotel and she narrowly avoided being sold to a brothel. A newspaper editor saved her and she wrote several novels before dying at 30
Brv6k TIL Ancient Veggies Were Small, Unpalatable. Ancient tomatoes were the size of berries; potatoes were no bigger than peanuts. Corn was a wild grass, its tooth-cracking kernels borne in clusters as small as pencil erasers