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TIL Cheetahs can’t roar, they can only meow, because of the absence of the hyoid bone in its neck.

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xXmb TIL that the “wort wort wort” exclamation is more than heard in Halo by Covenant Elites is more than just nonsense. Played backwards it is “go go go”.
4Xk1g TIL there is no longer anyone alive who was born in the 1800s
PPnG TIL that only two of the past seven US presidents have been right handed, even though about 90% of humans are right handed.
OG8l6 TIL that before the first juvenile court was established in 1899, 7 year old children in the US were tried and punished as adults.
a89MN TIL that the Amazon River drains about 61 million gallons (230 million liters) of water into the ocean per second. This is greater than that of the world's next seven largest rivers combined and accounts for 20% of total river water discharge worldwide.