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TIL that, while filming "Polar Bear Family and Me", Gordon Buchanan was forced to sit tight whilst a seemingly hungry polar bear tried to get him by clawing, biting and rocking his protective pod

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69Bj8 TIL Vancouver's Stanley Park Hollow Tree Conservation Society voted to save a six-metre-wide dead Hollow Tree stump and paid $200,000 worth of restoration work. The parks board voted to cut down the 700 year old tree, because it was a safety hazard
p6Dp TIL : Puma paid Pele to tie his shoes in the middle of the field seconds before the kickoff of the World Cup final in Mexico (1970)… The cameraman made a close up and the whole world realized that the best player back then was wearing Puma shoes… Life changed for Puma after that event…
5YXpD TIL: In Tokyo, there are two Buddhist bars (Vow'z and Vow's) run by Buddhist priests as a form of outreach. The bars provide a comfortable spot to talk about spirituality and personal issues as well as to have a drink.
6xxW TIL the American animated television show RoboTech is the result of heavily editing three Japanese television series that were previously unrelated to one another.
gMXaL TIL Serial killer Todd Kohlhepp left honest online reviews of items he purchased to use for his crimes before being apprehended including padlocks, a shovel, targets, knives & gun accessories