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TIL cheetahs cannot roar but instead meow like house cats

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KYNm6 TIL Norway knighted a king penguin, Sir Nils Olav III, colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard and baron of the Bouvet Islands
6EoAm TIL that in 1504, Christopher Columbus used his foreknowledge of a lunar eclipse to intimidate Jamaica natives into giving them their supply of food after they refused to, but fooled them saying his god is all-powerful and will make the moon disappear for he was displeased with their refusal.
Kov9 TIL Director Guillermo del Toro’s father was kidnapped for ransom in 1997. He was returned safely after his family was forced to pay double the ransom. Del Toro has been in “involuntary exile” from Mexico ever since.
PdVO TIL comedian Daniel Tosh auctioned props from his show, Tosh.O, to raise funds for a fellow comedian Andy Ritchie with a brain tumor, raising $25,000.Tosh then placed a double-or-nothing bet on a Patriots football game and won, ultimately doubling the money he raised for Andy.
GYBrJ TIL When they were just three years old, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were earning $80,000 per episode.