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TIL Ancient peoples in the Middle East and India tamed Cheetahs and trained them to ride horses.

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4Xydw TIL In 2008, it was estimated that there were 4,000 weekly incidents of fare evasion on New York's B46 bus route. In 2014 the MTA ranked it as "the most dangerous and crime-ridden bus route"
R9Y8 TIL that in South Korea, baseball has cheerleaders
JxDm TIL the audience at Oprah’s “You Get a Car” episode each had to pay $7,000 in taxes or forfeit the gift.
grZwW TIL Although pandas rarely attack humans, attacks can be severe. There have been three separate panda attacks on humans at the zoo in Beijing. The humans were critically injured and had their body parts almost bitten off.
JvO4 TIL Most lizards can’t breath and run at the same time, due to sideways flexing of the body expanding one lung and compresses the other, shunting stale air from lung to lung instead of expelling it completely to make room for fresh air.