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TIL there exists a Little Nipple Cactus, and its scientific name is Mammillaria heyderi

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9Y66D TIL that President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. Then, Reagan took them down. Now, one is in China.
x69G7 TIL in Communist Romania natalist policies of Nicolae Ceaușescu led to 100k+ kids into Orphan Homes where they were Beaten, Starved, Drugged, tied to own beds and spent days in own urine and feces
l75lA TIL there was a “We Are the World 2” for Haiti earthquake relief
78g0x TIL the first time that a sighting of orcas killing a great white shark in Australian waters was documented was by a group of 23 tourists while shark cage diving. The group watched as a pod of 4 adults and 2 calves would herd the shark to the surface and slam it until the hunt was completed.
VMGO0 TIL that the 3rd Plague Pandemic (yersinia pestis) officially ended in 1959.