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TIL Baylor University has 2 live black bears that live on campus and used to go to football games. The school stopped taking them there only after the USDA banned them from doing so.

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BxVe TIL when Galileo presented his version of the telescope to the City of Venice in 1609, he did so at least partially because he needed the money to help support several illegitimate children.
9Lnm TIL the expiration dates on water bottles is for the bottle and not for the water. The water doesn’t go bad but the bottle “expires” and starts leaching chemicals into the water.
4XBjN TIL A bus driver in Brampton, Ontario, learned to speak fluent Punjabi with the help of passengers. Many people in the community are surprised and delighted at his Punjabi, including seniors who don't speak English
4QPg TIL the longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched (9 letters)
6N9J TIL in 1960, a Retired Postal Worker stalked JFK with the intent of assassinating him. On Dec. 11, he was prepared to ram Kennedy with a dynamite-laden 1950 Buick, but changed his mind at the last minute when he decided he didn’t want to hurt Jackie and her children.