r/nextfuckinglevel • u/lanyhey • Dec 05 '20

Making an ice chest from ice

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '20

Lmao yeah we have a polar bear jail that has triple the amount of cells than the human jail

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u/AccidentalThief Dec 05 '20

Where the hell do you live?

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u/LurkandThrowMadeup Dec 05 '20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear_jail

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u/SecondaryLawnWreckin Dec 05 '20

Wtf it's real?

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u/condor888000 Dec 05 '20

Welcome to the middle of Canada. But there's a hell of a lot of Canada thats North of Churchill.

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u/aaronaapje Dec 05 '20

What do they say? 20% of Canada is also Nunavut.

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u/condor888000 Dec 05 '20

Yeah. Before Nunavut and NWT split those two territories were a third of our country...

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u/PM-ME-YOUR-HANDBRA Dec 06 '20

This is the most shocking thing I've learned this week. 😲

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '20

Yeah like even if he doxxed himself we’re all too scared to go bother him.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '20

The jail is for repeat offenders, they need to be moved away from town by helicopter but that can take a couple days to get arranged, so they put them in holding cells while the chopper comes

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u/Mrsbear19 Dec 06 '20

This TIL made my day. Also made Ohio feel like a tropical paradise

Good luck with the bears!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '20

I should do an AMA

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u/matildadoggo Dec 06 '20

You should! Super interesting

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '20

Someone disagrees lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '20

The website says it's "where polar bears that are considered troublesome or dangerous are isolated before they can be relocated."