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grwA7 TIL 70% of roughly 100 human deaths by grizzlies have been by mothers defending cubs, whereas, there is no record of a black bear mother killing anyone in defense of cubs. Mothers with cubs were involved in 3 of the 61 killings by black bears across America since 1900, but not in defense of her cubs
j6kgN TIL This Is America, 4x Grammy winner, was originally intended to be a diss record towards Drake
1a9K4 TIL that some people in rural Eastern Europe historically opted not to identify with a particular nationality and instead self-identified as “tutejsy”, meaning “from here”.
JY0L8 TIL that Vieques, Puerto Rico has the world's brightest bioluminescent bay. When the water in the bay is disturbed, it glows with a bright blue color. This effect is due to microorganisms that live in the bay.
6E057 TIL that in 2014 a Finnish man tried to hijack a plane in Hong Kong with a Toblerone, because he wanted to get to the Sochi Winter Olympics.