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TIL: Cheetahs make chirping noises

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9YYdB TIL Scientists accidentally killed oldest animal Ming the clam at age 507 years old, which was born before Colombus discovered America and before Henry VIII had even married his first wife Catherine of Aragon
NkPE TIL the UK is the only country not required to name itself on its postage stamps.
R5gPj TIL I learned test pilot Alvin “Tex” Johnston did a barrel roll of a prototype Boeing 707 - unauthorized - in front of a crowd of 250,000 people at the 1955 Sea Fair hydroplane races. He flew the plane upside down, and then did a final barrel roll. He was not fired the next day, but it was close.
Aoo7 TIL that Weird Al Yankovic has never accepted any outside ideas or titles for a song, with one exception- Madonna herself asked when he was going to turn “Like a Virgin” into “Like a Surgeon”
QNQdk TIL the Monastery of the Martyrs of Akhmim, in Egypt, is a place of pilgrimage for many who believe that visiting the preserved remains of Coptic saints can cure illnesses. "The priest there says "The saints are still bleeding, and the hair is growing. If you pick up the head it Glows"