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TIL cheetahs cannot roar but instead meow like house cats

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4kgEX TIL: The current estimated time that it would take to free fall to the center of the earth is 38 minutes and 11 seconds.
Y7kEr TIL One of the only pieces of Hitler's dream reconstruction of Berlin as Germania is an enormous concrete cylinder in the Tiergarten neighborhood. It's called the Schwerbelastungskörper which translates as "heavy load-bearing body." It was to test the load-bearing capability of the ground.
YPkG TIL the first 1 million dollar budget movie in America (1916) also featured the first full female nudity in a mainstram film. It was a commercial success, but no copies of it exist. It is a lost movie.
J1MQQ TIL The Scottish Militia Bill was the last bill in the UK to be given a Royal veto in 1708 by Queen Anne.
0wRKj TIL during WWII Soviet scientists defended the world’s largest seed vault through a 900-day siege. Many of the scientists starved amid the crops and fruit, refusing to jeopardize ‘the future of Russia’ to save themselves.