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TIL cheetahs cannot roar but instead meow like house cats

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4kL9g TIL about Alice in wonderland syndrome. A neurological condition in which one’s perception of their body image, time, or space is distorted. AIWS may also cause hallucinations, sensory distortion, and an altered sense of velocity.
Zpgvv TIL about the Chapati movement of 1857 in India where thousands of flatbreads were mysteriously distributed across North Indian villages. It is still a mystery as to who did this and why with both local Indians and the British assuming it was the other's doings
gMemL TIL that houses in Bermuda have white stepped roofs to harvest rain water and store it, as the island has no fresh-water springs, rivers or lakes.
9YLE6 TIL that during the battle of Hampton Roads, the USS Monitor's spinning turret became difficult to stop. The crew allowed the turret to spin around in circles and fired the turret on the fly, similar to a "360 no scope"
j7X TIL Harriet Tubman used Opium to keep small children subdued and quiet while smuggling them on the Underground Railroad