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TIL: Fire Hyrdants have different colors that actually mean something

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6ErXJ TIL 1749 out of 1750 species of cacti are native to only The Americas
vPDm8 TIL a small region and hundred-thousands of people in the European Union were subject to ancient Ottoman laws and penal code till 2018
rNEY1 TIL there was a massive horsemeat scandal in Europe 10 years ago
wLBPE TIL of Robert Fortune who in the 19th century was hired by the British East India Company to infiltrate China and steal their tea and reveal their tea-making process kept secret for thousands of years.
NXny1 TIL about the eclipse of Thales, the first predicted eclipse and the earliest event we are date certain of in 595 BCE