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TIL The Cheetah's origins are believed to be in America. Instead of the big cats populating Africa, Asia and (once)Europe, the Cheetah is more closely related to the Puma and the Jaguarundi

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yQgAl TIL through magnetic imaging resonance you can determine the intentions of another person before they make an action. Real world Minority Report
J18VB TIL of the Nika Riots in Byzantium in 538 AD. They lasted a week, destroyed half the city, and killed tens of thousands of people. The riots were started over a chariot race
kNX1 TIL in 2013, Jennifer Friede, a Denver marijuana activist who had long championed marijuana as being safer than alcohol, died after getting fatally hit by a drunk driver.
4rGX TIL there was a popular Bitcoin alternative named Coinye West, until Kanye West sued for copyright infringement. In response, the company removed all direct references to West and replaced him with “an unnamed half-man half-fish hybrid.”
0d4yy TIL Harry Belafonte negotiated a pay-or-play contract in 1959. When network executives said "we can have black folks on TV, we can have white folks on TV. We can't have them together. You have to choose." Belafonte answered "No, but you still have to pay me."