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TIL the American Cheetah, Miracinonyx trumani, is thought to be the main reason why Pronghorn are the fastest mammals in the Western Hemisphere, as the are much faster than any extant predator.

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VBVvZ TIL that I Love Lucy (American TV show) was the first television show to be rebroadcast…. The 1st Rerun
y00p TIL of the ‘Judas Goat,’ a goat which would keep panicked livestock calm in a slaughterhouse. The goat would stay calm because it would always live.
0w96A TIL that in 1973 the CEO of GM dismissed Honda's CVCC technology as only good for "little toy motorcycle engines." Soichiro Honda then bought a Chevy Impala with a 5.7L V8 and had engineers build a CVCC system for it. Flown back to the US, it passed EPA tests without a catalytic converter.
KjnR TIL a high school in Allen, TX built a $60 million football stadium that was forced to close after 18 months due to “construction failures” and “deficient design.” It reopened over a year later and the Allen Eagles have yet to lose a game in their new stadium.
D1gOe TIL Rapper G. Dep killed a man in 1993. Plagued by guilt, he tried to confess to the crime in 2010. The police did nothing. So two weeks later he went back to the station to confess again. The second time they matched his account to a cold case and charged him with murder.