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TIL - The bear on the California flag is the California grizzly bear, an animal that is now extinct.

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alOZ TIL that Jonathan Winters’ career started as a result of losing his wristwatch. He couldn’t afford a new one, but his wife persuaded him to perform in a talent contest where first prize was a wristwatch, feeling certain he could do so. His performance led he to him winning the watch.
NMWe TIL that 50% of domestic violence is reciprocal. 53% of nonreciprocal domestic violence is committed against men. 71% of the instigators in nonreciprocal partner violence were women.
gMr8A TIL Ali Farka Touré (3-time Grammy award winner) was the tenth son of his mother but the only one to survive past infancy.
b9OZ7 TIL that the "General Sherman" tree in the Giant Forest is approximately 2200 years old. It would have been a little sapling 200 years before Jesus walked the earth
6908W TIL Film/TV director David Fincher has also directed many award winning music videos (including Madonna’s Vogue)