WEBVTT - 9 Very Important Facts about Bears

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what, mango, what's that? Well? Did you know there's

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<v Speaker 1>a polar bear jail in Churchill, Canada? So I do

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<v Speaker 1>know that Churchill is considered the polar bear capital of

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<v Speaker 1>the world because my mom has wanted to make a

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<v Speaker 1>pilgrimage there forever. And I'd also heard that people there

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<v Speaker 1>leave their cars unlocked in case you ever need to

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<v Speaker 1>make like a quick escape from a wayward bear. White,

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<v Speaker 1>are you serious about that? You can actually just hop

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<v Speaker 1>into stranger's car and take shelter, which is such a

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<v Speaker 1>weird thing. And I'm sure you can only get so

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<v Speaker 1>much protection from a crazed bear in a car. But

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<v Speaker 1>tell me about polar bear jail. Well, according to the Atlantic,

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<v Speaker 1>it was built in nWo and it has space for

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eight fuzzy inmates. Basically, as the town has so

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<v Speaker 1>many bears wandering through, officials have set up a hotline

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<v Speaker 1>for locals. It's just six seven five Bear, So if

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<v Speaker 1>you see a bear on the outskirts of town, officials

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<v Speaker 1>will come and try to scare it away with whatever

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<v Speaker 1>they can use, whether it's firecrackers or sometimes rubber bullets

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<v Speaker 1>or paintballs, and generally the bears get the hint. But

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<v Speaker 1>if a bear decides he still wants to visit, or

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<v Speaker 1>or worse, if a bear starts loitering in places that

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<v Speaker 1>they shouldn't be. That's often what juvenile bears will do.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when the threat of jail time kicks in. So

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<v Speaker 1>the bear patrol tries to lure these big delinquents into

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<v Speaker 1>a giant cylindrical trap baited with seal meat, and when

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<v Speaker 1>the cage snaps shut, they truck them off to the

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<v Speaker 1>polar bear jail. Of course, sometimes the bears aren't hungry

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<v Speaker 1>and they just have to use tranquilizers. But the system

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<v Speaker 1>actually works pretty well, so this doesn't sound like do process.

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<v Speaker 1>But how long do these bears get sentenced for? Generally

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<v Speaker 1>it actually is a few months, and they keep them

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<v Speaker 1>there until the weather gets colder or the water freezes over,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the older and hopefully wiser bears get sprung

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<v Speaker 1>back to their old neighborhoods and they'll hopefully turn over

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<v Speaker 1>a new leaf in the process. But that's just the

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<v Speaker 1>first of nine facts on bears we're covering today, So

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<v Speaker 1>let's dive in. Hey, their podcast listeners, welcome to part

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<v Speaker 1>time Genius. I'm Will Pearson and as always, I'm joined

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<v Speaker 1>by my good friend mansh Ticketter and sitting behind the

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<v Speaker 1>soundproof glass wearing two big lobster claws and a shirt

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<v Speaker 1>that says what does it say? Says? Sometimes I share?

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes I'm allfish. That's our Palin producer Tristan McNeil what

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<v Speaker 1>I love interesting, gets all dressed off as usual. But

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<v Speaker 1>I think we forgot to tell him that we were

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<v Speaker 1>changing the topic from lobsters bears things. I'm so sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>Tristan will update the calendar soon. He just looks so

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<v Speaker 1>sad pinching those lobster claws and lean. Do you have

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<v Speaker 1>at least one lobster fact you could share to make

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<v Speaker 1>him feel a little better? You know I don't? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>well me either, I do have some air facts the trick.

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<v Speaker 1>So I know you started with a story on a

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<v Speaker 1>polar bears, but do you know there's actually a bear

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<v Speaker 1>known as a Pizzley bear. Sometimes it's also called a

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<v Speaker 1>groller bear, and basically it's a polar bear grizzly bear

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<v Speaker 1>combination or hybrid, and mostly the sort of breeding has

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<v Speaker 1>occurred in captivity. It produces like a really beautiful white

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<v Speaker 1>bear with light brown patches, but Canadian hunters have been

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<v Speaker 1>finding more and more of these Pizzlis in the wild,

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<v Speaker 1>and they think that the inner bear romances trend will

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<v Speaker 1>continue because of global warming, though actually the two bears

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<v Speaker 1>have actually lived in overlapping territories for a while. That's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty interesting. I've never heard of either of those, that

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<v Speaker 1>the Pisli or the groller bears. So what are these

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<v Speaker 1>hybrid bears like in terms of their behaviors, because those

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<v Speaker 1>are two pretty different types of bears. Do we know

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<v Speaker 1>much about them? Well, you know, some hybrids can't mate,

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<v Speaker 1>but these are definitely not sterile. They can continue to mate,

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<v Speaker 1>which is pretty interesting. They actually tend to take on

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<v Speaker 1>the polar bears hunting skills, so they can be aggressive

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<v Speaker 1>and and pretty skilled hunters, but they're not actually as

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<v Speaker 1>good at swimming is pure bred polars. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>polar bears can actually swim for a hundred miles continuously,

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<v Speaker 1>and and they can't go that far. But in the

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<v Speaker 1>long run, scientists actually think these Pizlis will probably be

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<v Speaker 1>successful by mating more and more with grizzly bears than

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<v Speaker 1>polar bears. And that's just because the numbers favor that,

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<v Speaker 1>and also how the environment seems to be going. What

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<v Speaker 1>is interesting, though, this isn't the only hybrid species that

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<v Speaker 1>comes out of climate change. Pacific Standard magazine has written

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<v Speaker 1>that bluga whales are mating with nar walls to create

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<v Speaker 1>nar lugas. At the very least fun to say. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that definitely sounds made up. I think I was probably

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<v Speaker 1>in my twenties before somebody convinced me that nar walls

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<v Speaker 1>were actually a real thing. Anyway, So these nar lugas,

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<v Speaker 1>that's crazy. I do think it's funny when you get

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<v Speaker 1>these names like Leger's and bee flows. They're kind of

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<v Speaker 1>fun to say. But there's some that are just terrible,

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<v Speaker 1>like jag lions and dog wolves, which honestly just feels

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<v Speaker 1>lazy to be all right. So here's a strange one,

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<v Speaker 1>and it sounds like an urban legend, but it's actually true.

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<v Speaker 1>There was this man in China who bought two puppies

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<v Speaker 1>on the border of China and Vietnam, and then he

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<v Speaker 1>took them home. I guess they looked like little black

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<v Speaker 1>chow chows, and so he fed them and he groomed them,

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<v Speaker 1>and then things started to get a little weird. They

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<v Speaker 1>wanted more and more food. They started feasting on his chickens,

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<v Speaker 1>and then they grew to a hundred pounds. But he

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<v Speaker 1>only fully realized he'd been duped when he read a

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<v Speaker 1>government flyer about bear safety, and then he recognized the

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<v Speaker 1>animals in the picture. It became pretty clear to them

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<v Speaker 1>that he was actually the proud owner of two Asian

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<v Speaker 1>black bear cubs. So now they live in a sanctuary

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<v Speaker 1>where they get to eat more than just dog food, thankfully.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty funny. Actually, this is super weird, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure I've told you this before, but my my grandfather

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<v Speaker 1>was in the forestry service. Then one day when he

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<v Speaker 1>was on tour, he found these three bear cubs whose

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<v Speaker 1>mother had been shot. I think the mom and bear

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't give milk, so she was aggressive and attacking the town.

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<v Speaker 1>But he and his colleagues found these bears, so he

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<v Speaker 1>brought one of them back with him. And the story

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<v Speaker 1>was that my mom had a pet bear for a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit until they good place into sanctuary. And so like,

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<v Speaker 1>my mom is unafraid of any animal. But the funny part,

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<v Speaker 1>and the thing we always used to tease my grandmother

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<v Speaker 1>about was like, how did she let a pet bear

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<v Speaker 1>in the house And She always just said like she

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was a dog, and I guess there must

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<v Speaker 1>be some sort of resemblance. She was just like willfully

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<v Speaker 1>ignoring the fact that my grandfather was bringing these ridiculous

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<v Speaker 1>baby animals home for the water is great, but my fact. So,

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<v Speaker 1>since we're talking about Cubs, here's the fact about the

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<v Speaker 1>Chicago Cubs and how they got their name. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>even though I'm not a huge baseball fan, I do

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<v Speaker 1>love the strange team names that stick around for little

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<v Speaker 1>bits of time. Like in Brooklyn, the baseball team was

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<v Speaker 1>called the Brooklyn Bridegrooms for a season, and I guess

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<v Speaker 1>this is because like a number of them all got

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<v Speaker 1>married in one season and that's just the nickname they

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<v Speaker 1>took on. Similarly, the Cubs used to be called the

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<v Speaker 1>White Stockings, which you know isn't particularly useful since they

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<v Speaker 1>also have the White Sox in Chicago. And then they

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<v Speaker 1>lost their manager whose contract wasn't renewed, I guess, and

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<v Speaker 1>the team went by the name the Chicago go Orphan,

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<v Speaker 1>so sad, you know, it's sad, and they were horrible

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<v Speaker 1>because obviously teams aren't great when they don't have managers.

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<v Speaker 1>But then they started rebuilding the team with these super

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<v Speaker 1>talented players, but all of them were really really young,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's how they got the name the Cubs. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't like the super formal name. Apparently there's the

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<v Speaker 1>site Wrigley IVY and it says that young players were

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<v Speaker 1>commonly called cubs or cults or you know, other young

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<v Speaker 1>animal names. But then this type set are in Chicago

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<v Speaker 1>may have accidentally like capitalized the description in print, and

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<v Speaker 1>that nickname stuck. I do like this idea that a

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<v Speaker 1>team could have a different name every couple of years,

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<v Speaker 1>just based on something the team has been up to,

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<v Speaker 1>or like this idea if they all got married so

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<v Speaker 1>they were the bride groups. But actually I looked up

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<v Speaker 1>to Chicago Bears and I've got a quick one about

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<v Speaker 1>the Super Bowls shuffle. So did you realize it was

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<v Speaker 1>nominated for a Grammy. I mean, it is such a

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<v Speaker 1>novelty song and it's hard to imagine any critics actually

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<v Speaker 1>liking it. Well, the strangest part is that it was

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<v Speaker 1>beat out by Prince and the Revolutions us. Thank thank goodness,

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<v Speaker 1>it was beat that. If it had beaten that song,

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<v Speaker 1>that's ridiculous and it's crazy to think that they were

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<v Speaker 1>even in the same category. But one other thing I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't realize, but the year the Bears won the Super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl was also the year of the Challenger disaster, and

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<v Speaker 1>that happened around the same time. So the team actually

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<v Speaker 1>never got to visit the White House for for understandable reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>But they did eventually get to go when fellow Chicago

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<v Speaker 1>and Barack Obama invited the team to the White House

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five years later. I mean, that is crazy that

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<v Speaker 1>they had to wait twenty five years, kind of amazing

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<v Speaker 1>that it happened. Well, since we've moved into sports and

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<v Speaker 1>pop culture, there's a Fozzy Bear fact. I was trying

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<v Speaker 1>to slip into the Sesame Street episode. We did a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of episodes back, but h I couldn't do it

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<v Speaker 1>because he's more of a muppet. Is the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>that you keep sending me Fozzy Bear jokes from Twitter?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that? Is that what your fact is? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>they're so corny. Actually, have you seen that Mike Particularly

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<v Speaker 1>special where he talks about the one time he had

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<v Speaker 1>to follow Fozzy Bear on a comedy tour, like Fozzy

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<v Speaker 1>Bear open for him, and he said it was so

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<v Speaker 1>oh difficult because you know, any bad joke Fozzy tells

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<v Speaker 1>he's beloved because of his waca waca walker, the audience

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<v Speaker 1>just eats it up, and he's a friendly a hard

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<v Speaker 1>act to follow up. The one thing I was going

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<v Speaker 1>to say was that on the original Muppet Show, the

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<v Speaker 1>gag was that Fozzy Bear would tell jokes that were

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<v Speaker 1>so bad that he'd then get no reaction and he

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<v Speaker 1>gets so upset that he get depressed or even start

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<v Speaker 1>to cry. And you know, that sounds funny and theory,

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<v Speaker 1>but apparently the audiences didn't know what to do, like,

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<v Speaker 1>they mostly just felt bad for him, and it made

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<v Speaker 1>the segments really really awkward. So when Henson and Frank

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<v Speaker 1>Oz were retooling the character, they played down the sympathy

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<v Speaker 1>aspects and just made him this sort of eternally optimistic,

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<v Speaker 1>gluted bear who you know, still gets tomatoes and tomatoes

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<v Speaker 1>soup thrown at him, but he believes he's crushing it

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<v Speaker 1>on stage every time. Also, they friendly retooled his eyebrows

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<v Speaker 1>in the process, because they used to make Fozzy Bear

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<v Speaker 1>frown more, you know, when he was getting upset, and

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<v Speaker 1>they had this apparatus built in the puppet that frank

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<v Speaker 1>Oz could like pull so that the eyebrows shifted down,

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<v Speaker 1>but then the hat mostly covered them up and they

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<v Speaker 1>retooled the characters, so then they dropped that element Alright,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm gonna try to bring this back to real bears.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing gets fozzy, right, But I actually like reading about

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<v Speaker 1>all the unusual skills that they have. They have this

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<v Speaker 1>incredible sense of smell, and this is how extreme it gets.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's seven times better smelling than a bloodhound. A

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<v Speaker 1>polar bear can actually smell seals from twenty miles away,

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<v Speaker 1>and can smell a seal under the ice through its

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<v Speaker 1>breathing hole from a mile over. At it really is.

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<v Speaker 1>And so they're also pretty crafty. This is according to

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<v Speaker 1>metal Flaws. They will roll rocks into a bear trap

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<v Speaker 1>in order to set them off. But the most intriguing

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<v Speaker 1>thing to me was that bears are apparently good at math.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this comes from nat Geo, and it says bears

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<v Speaker 1>actually have the largest brain of any carnivore, and scientists

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to find out whether they could count, so they

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<v Speaker 1>set up these side by side touch screens where bears

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<v Speaker 1>would have to paw or touch their nose to this

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<v Speaker 1>green with more dots on them, and when they picked

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<v Speaker 1>the screen with more dots, they got a little treat.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently bears are very motivated by treats. And as scientists

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<v Speaker 1>kept varying the size and the colors of the dots,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, there might have been fifteen tiny dots on

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<v Speaker 1>one screen and twelve on another, these genius bears kept

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<v Speaker 1>picking the right one. In fact, the biggest problem with

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<v Speaker 1>the study ended up being that all the bears wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to participate at the same time, and the scientists didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have enough testing stations for them. You know, like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>they are very motivated by treats. Well, we've still got

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<v Speaker 1>two more bear facts as you get to but before

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<v Speaker 1>we do, let's take a quick break. Welcome back to

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<v Speaker 1>partime Genius. So you know, well, I was thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>that story you told about that dude who bought two

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<v Speaker 1>dogs and they turned out to be bears, and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it reminded me of this great story about Lord by

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<v Speaker 1>Iron at college. Apparently, the rule at Cambridge was that

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<v Speaker 1>you couldn't have dogs on campus, and Byron was so

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<v Speaker 1>irritated that he decided to like skirt the rules, and

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<v Speaker 1>he decided to go out and get himself a bear

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<v Speaker 1>like a team bear, and there were of course no

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<v Speaker 1>explicit rules about having a bear on campus, though I

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<v Speaker 1>guess he got away with it, and he had actually

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<v Speaker 1>frequently walking around campus on a leash. But the funniest

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<v Speaker 1>part is that people kept asking him what are you

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<v Speaker 1>going to do with that bear? And his standard reply

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<v Speaker 1>was he was going to try to get him enrolled

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<v Speaker 1>at the school and have him sit for a fellowship.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently that part of the plan never came through. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that's pretty crazy. So is that what you're using for

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<v Speaker 1>your last fact? Actually, I've got another one here I

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<v Speaker 1>want to do, so I actually think this is pretty interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>And I realized this when I was reading a Barnstein

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<v Speaker 1>Bears book about Easter to my daughter. And as I

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<v Speaker 1>was reading it, I realized it was less about the

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<v Speaker 1>chocolate bunnies and Easter egg hunt, and there was a

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<v Speaker 1>little more overt religion in there than I was expecting.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it was more explicit than I had remembered,

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<v Speaker 1>And I guess I was a little confused because I

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<v Speaker 1>started wondering, like, had the Berenstein Bears always been talking

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<v Speaker 1>about religion like jars of clay? And I just hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>picked up on it, you know, And I've been confused

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<v Speaker 1>about this stuff in the past year, like not growing

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<v Speaker 1>up Christian. I didn't realize that Aslan and Lyon, The

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<v Speaker 1>Witch and the Wardrobe was supposed to be christ until

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<v Speaker 1>one of my best friends pointed out to me. Or

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<v Speaker 1>I remember finding Archie comics online and there's this one

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<v Speaker 1>where Archie gets religious and uh he converts a hippie. Really, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was because the comic got licensed to a Christian

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<v Speaker 1>publisher for a bit. Anyway, I was curious that the

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<v Speaker 1>Berenstein Bears had like some sort of similar agreement. But

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<v Speaker 1>it turns out that it's Jen and Stan Berenstein's son Michael,

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<v Speaker 1>who's been inserting more religious titles in the mix. And

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<v Speaker 1>apparently when stand passed away, Michael actually stepped in to

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<v Speaker 1>help his mom keep writing books, and he'd apparently made

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<v Speaker 1>his name by writing Christian themed books for about thirty years. So,

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<v Speaker 1>according to mental Floss, when you see a title like

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<v Speaker 1>the Berenstein Bears Show God's Love, the Berenstein Bears say

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<v Speaker 1>their prayers, or the Steam Bears go to Sunday School,

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<v Speaker 1>that generally indicates he's the one who wrote it. That's interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. Well, since we're sticking with fictional bears here,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to join you with a Paddington facts. So

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<v Speaker 1>did you know that Paddington was originally written to be

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<v Speaker 1>from Africa? Um? I mean, the only recent thing I

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<v Speaker 1>know about Hanington was a he switched from eating marmalade

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<v Speaker 1>to marmite sandwiches for this ad camin and people were pissed.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet they were. They felt like Packington was a sellout.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I knew that Payington's from Darkest Peru, but

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<v Speaker 1>why was he from Africa before that? Well, this was

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<v Speaker 1>a last minute adjustment and it was pointed out to

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<v Speaker 1>author Michael Bond that bears don't really live in Africa,

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<v Speaker 1>so he pivoted to Darkness Peru and that's where he

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<v Speaker 1>based his creature on this spectacled bear. Well, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I liked a lot of these bear facts. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>to say my favorite was that bears can do math problems.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think you're gonna take the trophy this week.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, thank you very much. It's an honor,

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<v Speaker 1>and thank you guys for listening. We'll be back with

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<v Speaker 1>a full length episode tomorrow. The U