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TIL that in Russia, bears are addicted to jet fuel, and the sniff it to get high, and then pass out.

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V5L4 TIL: The Mercedes-Benz SLS has explosive bolts that separates the doors from the car for easy exit during a serious accident.
Br7MD TIL About Rachel Hoffman, a college student who was told the only way she’d get out of drug charges was to become a informant. She was ordered to buy 1,500 ecstasy pill, 2 oz of cocaine and two firearms. She was subsequently killed by one of those firearms and her body was found two days later.
1anyP TIL about Martin Couney who ran a sideshow on Coney Island full of incubators to save premie babies. He is credited with saving over 6000 babies in the decades he ran the exhibit.
v19e7 TIL The Apollo 11 astronauts carried small flags from 150 countries and 50 US States with them to the moon. When they returned each flag was put on a plaque with a sample of moon dust and gifted to each country. The Russian space museum in Moscow has their gift on display.
oQlA TIL in 2013 a Chicago man told police who pulled him over “I’m gonna be real with you, I have a gun in my ass.” The cops then found a gun in his ass.