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TIL there's a novel out of Canada where a woman falls in love with a bear (and yes they do it) "the best Canadian novel of all time.", "quintessential Canadian book", "Books That Make You Proud to Be a Canadian." and "spiritual gangrene... a Faustian compact with the Devil."

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ZpAKv TIL that black pepper stops bleeding. I cut the underside of my nose shaving and a styptic pencil wouldn’t work. I dampened a pepper towel and covered in black pepper and pressed for 5 minutes. Stopped it entirely.
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