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TIL All of the 276 audience members Oprah gifted a free Pontiac to had to pay $6-7K fee once the cameras stopped rolling

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Bg4jy TIL there are approximately only 6,674 cheetahs in the wild today and only 5% of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood. The key factors of their decline are habitat loss, exotic pet industry, poaching for their skin, and conflicts with farmers. Currently, they exist only 10% of their historic range.
Z896p TIL 10-20 percent of USA power outages are caused by squirrels
BrwaK TIL That Tesla created first X-Ray image, a few weeks before Rontgen. However, he let Rontgen take full credit for the discovery and the patent.
Y7Z4B TIL Korea (Goguryeo) successfully repelled a Chinese invasion in 645 when China's siege on Ansi fortress was broken. While retreating, China's emperor left a gift for the fortress commanders to commemorate a battle well-fought.
b6pN0 TIL Adam Smith didn't invent free market capitalism, the French Physiocrats did