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TIL Brown Bears and Grizzly Bears are the same species. Brown Bears live on the coast while Grizzly Bears live inland.

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5QpP TIL That first time possession of less than 25g of marijuana is neither a misdemeanor, nor punishable by any jail time in New York state. The only punishment is a $100 fine.
Wme9 TIL following the 1960 Chilean Earthquake, A 5 year old boy was killed as a human sacrifice ritual. The men who murdered him were released from jail after 2 years. A judge ruled that those involved had “acted without free will, driven by an irresistible natural force of ancestral tradition.”
7OXL TIL that executioners in the Middle Ages extracted fat from bodies and sold it to doctors. They claimed that ointments made from human fat could treat joint and bone ailments. In 2001, scientists discovered that human fat contains stem cells which can be converted into bone and cartilage.
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