Bear Grylls: Lesser-known facts about this Man vs Wild TV host

Bear Grylls is a famous TV celebrity who rose to fame with his iconic show Man vs Wild that airs on Discovery Channel. brave Britisher is an ex-military man who saw an increase in popularity in India after he aired an episode with Narendra Modi. Check out some interesting facts about  world-rewned venturer and survival expert that you may have never heard of. 

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Bear Grylls facts

• Bear Grylls was nicknamed as Bear by his elder sister. His real name is Edward Michael Grylls.
• He is given title of OBE that refers to Most Excellent Order of British Empire. 
• Bear Grylls learnt climbing and sailing at a very young from his far who was a former Royal Marines Commando. 
• At of 18, Bear learnt martial arts and was even awarded his second Dan black belt in Shotokan Karate at such a young .  He was youngest kid in U.K. to have received this hour. 
• Bear Grylls started serving as a Trooper in  21st Regiment of SAS as a part of UK Special Forces Reserve for three years. 
• Bear h a horrifying incident after having a freakish freefall from a parachute in South Africa. This accident broke his spine at three places which me doctors believe that he would never be able to walk again. 
• Grylls climbed 22,000ft 'unclimbable' Edmund Hillary peak soon after completing his rehab sessions following parachute incident. 
• Bear Grylls was awarded  Guinness World Record to be youngest Brit to scale Mt. Everest at of 23. 
• Grylls was awarded an horary commission with Royal Navy after serving as a Lieutenant-Commander. He was later awarded  horary Lieutenant Colonel rank in  Royal Marine Commandos. 
• He was appointed as youngest-ever Chief Scout of  U.K. Scout Association. His appointment as Chief Scout extended till 2020 to make him  longest-serving Chief Scout. He was later anunced as  first-ever Chief Ambassor to World Scouting by WOSM. 

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After shooting an episode of Man vs Wild with Narendra Modi and Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, Bear Grylls is reportedly set to air more episodes with Indian celebrities. se celebrities are rumoured to be Virat Kohli, Deepika Pukone, and Akshay Kumar. 

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Source: Official Bear Grylls website