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TIL That cheetahs cannot roar, they can only purr like a housecat! (cute video links of this in comments)

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M7ev0 TIL the Mullet haircut was used as a practical military tactic among Vikings and Romans. Long hair in the back kept soldiers warm on the battlefield, while shorter hair in front was less likely to get yanked by an adversary.
Z8wxR TIL FBI sent a letter to MLK trying to convince him to commit suicide.
grKAb TIL Simeon II of Bulgaria, the last Tsar of Bulgaria, become Prime Minister of his country 55 years after his abdication
D14er TIL Titanic's engines burned 600 tons of coal per day. 176 men worked around the clock to shovel it in by hand. 100 tons of ash was also ejected into the sea each day.
EeVX TIL: Jordan Belfort (Wolf of Wall Street) was paid $1.045 M for the rights to his story and in the year he was paid, he only repaid $21,000 toward victim restitution.