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TIL that there are only 8 bear species in the world. I don’t know how I’ve gotten this far without thinking about how I’ve never thought about any of the bears outside this chart.

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jNxRv TIL that in 2000, a pregnant woman in Mexico experienced delivery complications. Her solution was to drink three glasses of hard liquor and then give herself a Caesarean section with a kitchen knife. The mother and child both lived. She had no medical training.
J16Oj TIL Thought destroyed by Nazis, a priceless mosaic owned by Roman emperor Caligula ended up as a coffee table for 50 years in a NYC apartment
vPRPj TIL the oil in poison ivy, oak and sumac, urushiol, can remain active on surfaces for up to five (5) years!
1OK8 TIL in 2013, Jeremy Runnells, a 6th generation Mormon, compiled a list of concerns about Joseph Smith’s 34 wives (as young as 14), anachronisms and 1769 KJV errors in the Book of Mormon and various other issues. After initially vowing to respond to the letter, the Church itself never responded.
rgle TIL in 2009 two nuclear submarines crashed into one another and nearly sank. And in 1998, 93, 92, 81, 70…