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V7YG TIL: Cheetahs and Cougars aren’t related to the other big cats (Panthera). They’re apart of the Felinae family, related to the common house cat.
GY45g TIL about the Akwesasne community, a Mohawk community along the US-Canada border. Part of the main village is Quebec's only exclave and is only accessible by New York.
rN4L1 TIL of George Remus, rumored to be the inspiration for The Great Gatsby - He was a pharmacist, prohibition bootlegger, lawyer, and is known for pioneering the temporary insanity defense, which later helped his acquittal following the shooting of his wife, Imogene
OovYX TIL the reason why the clutch, brake, and accelerator are in the same order in modern cars is because the British government needed civilian cars to be standardized in case they had to be commandeered and driven by soldiers during WW1
Z8dwQ TIL George Lucas named Tosche Station on Tatooine after Dave Toschi, the San Francisco Police Department’s chief investigator in the Zodiac Killer case