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TIL Russian cosmonauts used to pack a shotgun in case they landed in Siberia and had to fend off bears.

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gr1lA TIL that Metallica allegedly plagiarized their song Enter Sandman from a band named Excel
EEdx TIL an Olympic gold medalist snowboarder, who almost lost his medal due to trace amounts of marijuana in his system (but later claimed was secondhand smoke) is now the CEO of a marijuana distribution company.
D1Vdg TIL in 1997, Texas commissioners tried to designate “heaven-o” as their county’s official greeting. The reason, “hello” contains “hell”.
4kyVw TIL - Home Insurance Companies are one of the largest investors in Fossil Fuels
DQ8Gp TIL Stephen King's father was born Donald Pollock. He changed his last name to King sometime between the ages of 18 and 23. He went out to get cigarettes when Stephen was 2 year old and never came home.