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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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R7ZO9 TIL that there is a character named Jaglom Shrek in Star Trek: TNG Season 6 episode 19, and the episode was made after the childrens book that the ogre Shrek comes from. http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/shrek/ (i can't put both links in)
78pLO TIL “well stretched” chicken anuses where used as an indigenous treatment for rattlesnake bites (1928)
b9Yj TIL that there is flood story that predates Noah’s Ark.
690LX TIL that in Venezuela, they have an avocado sauce similar to guacamole called guasacaca, and it's served with arepas and Venezuelan barbecue.
gr74L TIL That women in the Etruscan society had a much higher social status than their counterparts in ancient Greece and Rome.