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TIL about the Sankebetsu brown bear incident a series of bear attacks which took place 9-15 December 1915, at the beginning of the Taishō era, in a remote area of Hokkaido, Japan. The attacks ended when the hungry bear, so smart that it started to trick people, was shot dead.

176 upvotes • GDW312

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TIL crinoid fossils (a relative of starfish) were found in the rock of the summit pyramid of Everest in 1924, the first proof the mountaintop is marine limestone formed on the ocean bed.

176 upvotes • The_Canoeist

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TIL criminal conversation is an old civil wrong for suing a person who had sexual intercourse with your spouse. Although abolished across the British Isles and 30+ U.S. states, it is still active in a few like North Carolina.

175 upvotes • ALSX3

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TIL that Vermont was its own independent government from 1777 to 1791.

172 upvotes • doodly-123

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TIL: "Pretty Boy" Floyd, one of America's most notorious bank robbers, was known for destroying mortgage papers during bank heists, so freeing hundreds of individuals from property debt.

171 upvotes • Acrobatic_Drag_7735

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TIL that both indica and sativa are scientific terms used In classifying rice. With oryza sativa being the plants name and variance indica meaning it comes from India.

165 upvotes • Bwest449

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TIL the heiress to the Brach’s candy fortune disappeared in 1977 (and was presumably murdered) because she threatened to expose the “Horse Murders Scandal,” in which expensive show horses were killed to collect insurance money

163 upvotes • dogcroissant

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TIL Strom Thurmond was the first person to be elected senator as a write-in candidate where the other candidate had ballot access.

162 upvotes • IllustriousDudeIDK

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TIL that Uranium is the heaviest element in nature.

158 upvotes • StrenthKapital

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TIL that The Offspring’s “Pretty Fly For A White Guy” uses the same sample in the beginning as Def Leppard’s “Rock Of Ages”

158 upvotes • Amazing_Toe8345

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
TIL about the Sankebetsu brown bear incident a series of bear attacks which took place 9-15 December 1915, at the beginning of the Taishō era, in a remote area of Hokkaido, Japan. The attacks ended when the hungry bear, so smart that it started to trick people, was shot dead.	176	GDW312
TIL crinoid fossils (a relative of starfish) were found in the rock of the summit pyramid of Everest in 1924, the first proof the mountaintop is marine limestone formed on the ocean bed.	176	The_Canoeist
TIL criminal conversation is an old civil wrong for suing a person who had sexual intercourse with your spouse. Although abolished across the British Isles and 30+ U.S. states, it is still active in a few like North Carolina.	175	ALSX3
TIL that Vermont was its own independent government from 1777 to 1791.	172	doodly-123
TIL: "Pretty Boy" Floyd, one of America's most notorious bank robbers, was known for destroying mortgage papers during bank heists, so freeing hundreds of individuals from property debt.	171	Acrobatic_Drag_7735
TIL that both indica and sativa are scientific terms used In classifying rice. With oryza sativa being the plants name and variance indica meaning it comes from India.	165	Bwest449
TIL the heiress to the Brach’s candy fortune disappeared in 1977 (and was presumably murdered) because she threatened to expose the “Horse Murders Scandal,” in which expensive show horses were killed to collect insurance money	163	dogcroissant
TIL Strom Thurmond was the first person to be elected senator as a write-in candidate where the other candidate had ballot access.	162	IllustriousDudeIDK
TIL that Uranium is the heaviest element in nature.	158	StrenthKapital
TIL that The Offspring’s “Pretty Fly For A White Guy” uses the same sample in the beginning as Def Leppard’s “Rock Of Ages”	158	Amazing_Toe8345