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

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5Y4xr TIL that Van Halen refused to make videos for their album 5150, so Warner Bros quickly cobbled together a video for the song "Dreams" by using stock footage of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels. The cheap video became a surprise hit on MTV and the Navy began to use it as part of their recruiting efforts.
YgDd TIL the term “meh” as an indifferent response gained popularity in the modern lexicon after its use on “The Simpsons.”
rR4d0 TIL the scar on Tina Fey’s left cheek was caused by a stranger cutting her face with a razor as they ran past her playing in her yard when she was 5 years old. She doesn’t like to talk about it cause she doesn’t want anyone to think she’s using the trauma for attention.
9wgEX TIL that the Imperial House of Japan is the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy in the world, having been traditionally founded in 660 BC, while the oldest historically-attested evidence of the dynasty dates to 539 AD, which was the start of Emperor Kinmei, who was the 29th Emperor to rule.
QNJaE TIL in effort to keep morale high for WWII troops fighting in the Pacific, the British built a floating brewery and dispatched it to the South Seas