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TIL that before the California grizzly bear was hunted to extinction in 1922, the largest of its kind found was in Valley Center, CA (near San Diego) and weighed 2,200 pounds.

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loKmN TIL there have been 32 ‘Broken Arrow’ or missing Nuclear Weapon alerts by the United States alone with 6 Nuclear Weapons still unaccounted for.
j6y5Q TIL that for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, Eugène Mercier decided to promote his champagne by presenting a gigantic 200,000-bottle champagne sculpted barrel. It was so large that 5 buildings had to be demolished to allow it to pass through the streets to the place where it was to be exhibited.
e07xk TIL in Victorian England they used to take group photos with their dead ones and, given the long exposure time, the dead were often seen more sharply than the slightly-blurred living, because of their lack of movement
5bQ9 TIL of 211, a 24/7 hotline run by the United Way that connects people in need with assistance programs that may help them.
VJL8 TIL the Sochi Olympics are being held on the 150th anniversary of the Circassian Genocide, and the alpine events are being held directly on the graves of thousands of Circassians