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TIL a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball

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0wOXR TIL: In 2015, Everlast, a white musician who was one of the pioneers of country/blues/hip-hop crossover music converted to Islam.
90dM TIL that Germany aims to abandon fossil fuels by 2050 and generate 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources.
0d1YR TIL that Chang and Eng Bunker, not only were the original "Siamese twins," but after traveling the world and making a pretty penny from exhibiting themselves, settled in North Carolina, became U.S. citizens, bought/owned slaves, and married two sisters whom they produced 21 children with.
loan5 TIL about the ghost ship Deering. The ship was abandoned by the crew, who took personal belongings, navigational equipment, papers and the ship's anchor. Despite an FBI investigation, no trace of the crew or the ship's logs were ever found. Speculation ranges from a mutiny to Bolshevik pirates.
JvbB TIL that Kanye West did an SNL skit about interrupting award shows two years BEFORE the Taylor Swift incident