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Til The Oldest Grizzly Bear lived to be 56 years old in captivity. The oldest polar bear in the wild lived to be 32. And astonishingly the oldest black bear lived to be 56 years old IN THE WILD.

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MeLK0 TIL that there is a religious group in Japan who believes that Jesus didnt die on the cross. Instead it was his kid brother Isukiri. Jesus instead went to Japan and lived there until he was 106 years old. His grave is found in Shingo and thousands of pilgrims and pagans go there ever year.
pYpme TIL that the first written accounts of what was the precursor to the Italian-American Mafia appear in 1860’s New Orleans.
8avXP TIL that the first emperor of China's tomb (Of Terracota Army Fame) has not yet been explored. Ancient historians wrote that tombs contains rivers of mercury mechanically operated to flow like real rivers; modern tests have reported mercury levels in the soil over 100 times what occurs naturally
78BeX TIL about the 2017 United Express passenger removal incident, where four paying customers were selected to be involuntarily deplaned. One passenger was injured when he was physically assaulted. It led to USDOT rules that protect passengers from removal or denial of boarding after check-in.
X0blP TIL of Olo, a colour that can only be seen via targeted lazers hitting certain colour receptors in the human eye to avoid overlapping with other colour receptors, allowing the target to see a "blue-green of unprecedented saturation"; the technology is now being investigated to help the colour blind