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

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8akBb TIL the US Army experimented with using "platoons" of geese to guard sites run by the 32nd Air Defense Command
MeDA7 TIL that the ash from coal power plants contains uranium & thorium and carries 100 times more radiation into the surrounding environment than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
b6OJ9 TIL Alexander Hamilton supported the Haitian Revolution and helped shape the constitution of Haiti
aw9MA TIL the first public iPhone call was a prank call made by Steve Jobs himself. He called Starbucks and ordered 4,000 lattes then said just kidding and hung up.
PYdgg TIL that swallowing pills without water can make it take longer for them to work, increase the chances of the pill to get stuck in your esophagus and in worse scenarios make an ulcer in your esophagus mucosa.