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

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9m0G TIL there are less than 100 Javan rhinos left in the entire world, and they are all located in one national park.
QNZ4e TIL that Shakespeare invented more than 1,700 words, many of which we still use today, like "bedroom," "eyeball," and "radiance."
4XDAR TIL the writer John Creasey wrote 600 novels in his lifetime. Some of which he reportedly wrote in as little as two days.
woKD8 TIL the ancient Romans made a poison artificial sweetener out of lead
5VyyR TIL: Harvard College and Harvard University are both accurate names (but not interchangeable); the former is the undergraduate program and the latter is the grad schools