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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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D1dZD TIL Pizza Hut delivered to the International Space Station. In 2001, they paid Russia $1 million dollars to transport the pizza into space.
a8d7J TIL about the tensor tympani muscle: a muscle within the middle ear that some people can voluntarily contract to produce a "rumbling" noise that only they can hear.
d8e9r TIL that weighted blankets weren't designed as a sleep aid. They were first used as an alternative to physically restraining children with autism or pervasive developmental disabilities, as well as adults in acute-care psychiatric units.
0d14N TIL when President McKinley was asked by his personal secretary to cancel his planned visit to the Temple of Music for safety reasons, McKinley asked his secretary why anyone would want to hurt him. McKinley would later get shot at the Temple of Music.
8aQe4 TIL Dick Tuck, a political consultant and prankster, pulled many pranks on Richard Nixon. One included renting a huge auditorium for Nixon to speak but inviting only a few guests. He also hired a pregnant black woman to walk around in a white neighborhood with a sign reading: “Nixon’s the one!”