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TIL that in 2015, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) decided to allow the first limited black bear hunt in the state since the 1990s. However, the hunt was ended abruptly when hunters killed 295 bears out of the 320-bear limit in just 2 days.

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VBd9D TIL Henrietta Wood who was enslaved in the American South until her owner, Jane Cirode, took her to Ohio in 1844. After being re-enslaved in 1853, Wood successfully sued her captor, Zebulon Ward, in 1869 and was awarded $2,500 – the largest slavery restitution in U. S. history.
v18BR TIL that Pat Morita, Mr. Miyagi, started out as a stand up comic and considered Redd Foxx his mentor
dDZrK TIL There is a tree that owns itself...
rRQAo TIL following the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Adidas left their factory for the Soviets. Instead of decommissioning, the Soviets used similar designs from the Adidas Gazelles for their military uniforms in Afghanistan and the "Mockba" style of shoes became a status symbol among Soviet special forces
DQVjj TIL Nicéphore Niépce was the inventor of photography, and the first photographer. He also invented one of the world's first internal combustion engines, an early bicycle, and the concept for a motor-cycle.