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TIL Katey Sagal of Married with Children father was killed when he turned the wrong way into a helicopter tail rotor

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J17pm TIL a study from 2015 showed evidence that polar bears are submissive to grizzly bears even when the latter is smaller, fewer, and/or not acting aggressively. Polar bears acted submissively towards grizzlies in 132/137 interspecific interactions at whale carcasses.
YpMxx TIL Monterey Jack was a real person, and owned the dairy that first mass-produced the cheese.
9WBX TIL a woman built a “Tree Troll” as a tribute to her deceased father. It’s made almost entirely out of paper mache
R7d1a TIL 6 American soldiers defected to North Korea after the Korean War. Most of which lived in NK for the rest of their lives while being "given" wives by the NK government along with support and housing. Some of which had children who live in NK still.
Wk0dL TIL a study titled "Where Are They Now?" in 1978 followed up on 515 people who were prevented from attempting suicide using the Golden Gate Bridge from 1937 to 1971. About 90% were either alive or had died of natural causes, concluding "suicidal behavior is crisis-oriented" rather than inexorable.