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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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kJwj5 TIL Uwe Boll, famous director of hit movies such as House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark, now owns and operates multiple restaurants and has been somewhat successful at it since 2015.
oaML TIL of a phenomenon, called Coffin Birth, where fetuses are naturally “birthed” by their recently deceased mothers.
dQpE TIL Salvador Dali owned a pet Ocelot named Babou
yQdp TIL that the reason one is 1, two is 2, three is 3, etc. is because the ancient Arabic versions of 0-9 numbers had the corresponding number of angles in their symbols. (1 has one angle, 2 has two, and so on)
DQADg TIL the world’s oldest living trees are thought to be in Tasmania, Australia. Some Huon Pine trees growing on the island are estimated to be more than 10,000 years old.