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TIL there are only eight extant species of bear in the world.

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KOxkQ TIL in 2015, 100-year-old pub, The Carlton Tavern was illegally demolished by greedy developers. The pub was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during World War II; because of that was subsequently ordered to be rebuilt brick by brick by the developer.
MeLma TIL Tom Clancy sold his own name to Ubisoft in 2008 and now they completely own it for games and related products
5V0A9 TIL whale oil was still in use, up until 1973, when an amendment to the Endangered Species Act was approved outlawing the practice. 30 million LB's of sperm oil were produced annually in the final years.
wDjY TIL Phillip II of Macedon said to Sparta: “You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city.” The Spartans replied: “If”. Subsequently, both Philip and Alexander would avoid Sparta entirely.
xVZoo TIL the Siddi are an ethnic group in India, descended from the Bantu people of Africa and have been living there since the 7th Century.