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TIL that cheetahs can be easily tamed and were kept as pets in ancient Egypt and used to hunt in Rome

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1aPl7 TIL that bullet proof vests made of a material called Zylon, and purchased by various federalstate and local agencies, were found to have a failure rate of 58%.
OGeW1 TIL that after a mention that Paul McCartney liked Jelly Babies, fans started throwing them at the Beatles during live concerts. In the USA, fans started throwing jelly beans at them after mistaking them to be the same thing. One concert had to be stopped twice because the Beatles kept getting hit.
yVo0X TIL I learned that a News Station fell to a prank, reporting the names of fake flight crews in relation to Asiana Airlines Flight 214, i.e. "Captain Sum Ting Wong", "Wi Tu Lo", "Ho Lee Fuk", and "Bang Ding Ow".
dk7d TIL about a man who has both anterograde and retrograde amnesia, meaning he cannot form new memories, nor can he recall old ones. Clive Wearing can only ever remember the past few moments of his life, though he still feels love for his wife and can still play music
e0E9n TIL that Motorola Razr is still being released after first being released in 2004