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TIL: Cheetahs make chirping noises

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xVxD TIL Mossad agents kidnapped a Nigerian man in London in 1984, and tried to extradite him by drugging him, placing him in a crate, and shipping him abroad as diplomatic luggage. As they did not label the crates correctly, the crates could be and were searched, and the plan was foiled.
GAoe4 TIL the slogan for Kazakhstan's tourism board is "Very nice!"
EgnpP TIL that in 2005, Paleontologist Mary Schweitzer of North Carolina State University found collagen fibers in the fossilized leg bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
xLbb TIL that in a crossover event with “Captain America”, the Joker actually saved the United States after finding out that Red Skull was a nazi and was planning to nuke Washington D.C.