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TIL there are 7 states where its legal to own a pet bear

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wLm01 TIL that Mark Twain wore a signature white suit most of his life but in his autobiography he said “I would like to dress in a loose and flowing costume made all of silks and velvets, resplendent with all the stunning dyes of the rainbow, and so would every sane man I have ever known...”
vk5L TIL On July 23, 2012, Earth had a near miss with a solar flare. Had it occurred a week earlier, it would’ve wiped out communication networks, GPS and electrical grids.
woKZ6 TIL that a startup genetically engineered a houseplant with the air purification power of 30 ordinary plants
78L0P TIL of Maurice Wilson who, against all odds, flew his own plane from England to India to be the first to summit Everest under the assumption that ‘prayer and fasting’ would give him the strength to reach the peak.
9jYQ TIL that the band Rammstein was named after the Ramstein air show disaster, a mid-air collision between 3 stunt planes that killed 70 people and wounded approximately 1,000 people.