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TIL that one of the features that what distinguishes the Felinae subfamily of cats (the small cats but including cheetah and cougar) from the Pantherines (lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars) is that they can purr but not roar.

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VjV8 TIL that Assassin Bugs kill ants, suck their insides out and attatch the ants corpse to their body. They then rock up to an ants nest undetected as they possess the scent of an ant. While invisible in the ants nest, they eat when they want
rx80 TIL that in 1980 an oil rig accidentally drilled into salt mine under the lake causing the freshwater lake to drain down the mine. As of the result of this, nearby canal water reversed its direction causing permanent damage to the nearby ecosystem.
6EMX TIL that Bill Gates intends to leave less than $10M for each if his three children “so they can make their own way” and that the family mostly drives a minivan when all going somewhere
LWed TIL Perfluorodecalin can store about a quarter its weight in oxygen, making it a potentially breathable liquid for humans
RjP6 TIL of the assassin Balthasar Gérard and his brutal execution, involving having his right hand burned off with a red-hot iron, his flesh torn from his bones with pincers, quartered and disemboweled alive, his heart torn from his chest and flung into his face, and finally his head chopped off.