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Doodlebug, an orphaned kangaroo joey that was abandoned until he was found after he walked up to strangers and extended his arms, seemingly wanting to be picked up. A photo of him hugging a teddy bear later went viral.
When an elderly hiker was pounced on by a mountain lion that began to tear at his arm, a nearby bear rushed over and attacked the lion, driving it away and saving his life.
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US Army medic Desmond T. Doss, a conscientious objector who refused to bear arms, yet was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Truman for single-handedly saving the lives of over 75 of his comrades while under constant enemy fire during the Battle of Okinawa
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A dentist in the US Army during World War II was shot 24 times while defending an aid station from the Japanese. Although he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated, his Medal of Honor was delayed because medical officers were not supposed to bear arms against the enemy.
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California Governor Ronald Reagan banned open carry of loaded firearms shortly after the Black Panthers marched on the State Capitol while bearing arms.
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Only 15 nations have ever had a right to bear arms in their constitution, and only 3 (US, Mexico, Guatemala) still do
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Large animals have bad gag reflexes. Case Dellwo was attacked by a grizzly and Chase remembered an article that his grandmother gave him and stuck his arm down the bear's throat. The advice worked an the bear fled.
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Polish armed forces enlisted and befriended a bear who fought on their side till the end providing them with ammo and helping in fights
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The coat of arms of Appenzell, Switzerland depicts a bear with brightly colored penis. When a printer from another canton forgot to print the penis in 1579, it nearly started a war.
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In 1579 a war almost started due to a bear's penis being accidentally omitted from a coat of arms.
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A man survived a bear attack because he shoved his arm down the bears throat.
The current version of Greenland's coat of arms, adopted in 1989, depicts a polar bear raising its left forepaw. This breaks with the heraldic tradition of showing the right forepaw raised and is a tribute to the traditional Inuit belief that polar bears are left-handed. - source
That, during WW2, a brown bear earned the rank of Corporal in the Polish Army. The Poles adopted the orphaned cub during the course of the war, and named him Wojtek. The bear provided morale for troops, and had a penchant for cigarettes, booze and arm wrestling. - source
Chef Eduardo Garcia received a bionic hand after losing his left arm when he prodded a bear cub laying on a concealed power cable. He says the accident helped his career as a chef. "I can grab things out of an oven and not get burnt. I don’t cut my fingers anymore."
The Berlin coat of arms was possibly established as a pun of the German word for bear. It is literally Bearlin. - source
The second amendment covers the right to form a militia and to keep and bear arms.
The slogan,""I'll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands" was not first coined by Charlton Heston or the NRA but by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms back in the 70's. They also coined the phrase, "If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns."
New US citizens are no longer required to declare that they will bear arms on behalf of the United States, as stipulated in the Oath of Allegiance.
The Battle of Caribou between American and Canadian armed lumberjacks, who were spotted felling trees in Maine. Shots were fired but no one died, since the Canadian force was chased away by a black bear.
Violet Club, the UK's first high-yield nuclear bomb, was armed by pulling a plug, allowing 133,000 dampener ball bearings to pour out of the hole. To safeguard the weapon the ball bearings had to be poured back in.
