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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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pYwjN TIL when it was discovered in 1963 that the Winchester manuscript of Le Morte d'Arthur was indeed Thomas Malory's, John Steinbeck caught wind of it and decided to translate it into modern English. Ultimately he abandoned the project, but what remained was published after his death.
awL10 TIL That many Dutch people have ridiculous names (Poepjes = little shit, Borst = breast, Naaktgeboren = born naked) because they didn't use last names until Napoleon invaded, and the Dutch didn't take the French seriously. So they registered stupid names as a joke - but they stuck!
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OGB11 TIL The Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal was built to better connect Chicago to the Mississippi River, and was the world’s largest canal at the time. It provided engineers with the necessary experience to help construct the most pivotal infrastructure project in US history - the Panama Canal.