› added 12 years ago

68

TIL that Cheetahs were once classified as canines and it’s because their feet are more like dogs’ feet than cats’.

Read more houstonzooblogs.org

via reddit.com

XEnXD TIL some minutes have 59 or 61 seconds, known as Leap Seconds, to account for irregularities of Earth's rotation due to climatic/geological events
Y7x5x TIL Bruce Springsteen did not pay his taxes until he was put on the cover of Time Magazine in 1975. He then spent the next few years paying off his taxes, leaving him with only $20,000 on his 30th birthday despite multiple best-selling records and tours.
EMjx TIL Jim Hanks, Tom Hanks’ brother, does Woody’s voice in video games and merchandise
vPZ7R TIL Cap'n Crunch did not achieve the rank of Captain until 2023.
awRON TIL that when the chimpanzee Sami escaped from the Belgrade Zoo for the second time in less than a week, thousands of people cheered him on.