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TIL Cheetahs meow like house cats

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LrYp TIL Costa Ricans don’t use addresses.
epWj6 TIL Boss Tweed was convicted in 1877 of stealing between $25 and 45 million of NYC taxpayer money through corruption, but later estimates puts that figure as high as $200 million ($5 billion in 2023)
mEbp TIL prior to France’s collapse in WW2, a serious effort was made by Churchill, French Prime Minister Reynaud and Charles de Gaulle to combine France and Britain into one country. However, it was rejected by other French leaders who said being a Nazi province was better than being a British dominion
oBEER TIL that Silent Hill was based off a real town, Centralia, which still has a toxic coal mine burning underneath them 60 years later.
vP1Rr TIL that two 16-year-olds got lost in the Canadian wilderness while snowboarding, but were able to stay warm by burning their homework. The two boys were rescued the following day and managed to avoid frostbite, sustaining only minor injuries