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TIL That Cheetahs, unlike other big cats, cannot roar, but make noises similar to house cats, such as purrs and meows.

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V8B0 TIL that the Jack Nicholson film ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ was filmed in an actual mental hospital and many of the extras were actually mental patients
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