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TIL Hiroshima's national flower is the red Canna(Oleandor) Glower, as it was the first type of flower to grow nearly 75 years after the atomic bombing.

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d8Bw7 TIL Gavrilo Princip, the man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, believed the World War was bound to happen, independent of his actions. Chained to a wall in solitary confinement at the Terezín fortress, he died in 1918 weighing around 40kg from malnutrition and disease.
OGgOX TIL that the country with the most doctors per capita is Cuba (8.4 doctors per 1,000 people)
d8Ww7 TIL that crows and other birds have the same number of neurons as some primates, which explains their intelligent behavior.
5V9Gn TIL in 1969, concert promoter Bill Graham was asked to help organize the Woodstock Festival. He agreed under one condition: that Santana would be included in the lineup. After Bill persisted, Santana was given a 45-min set on Aug 16 for $2,500. The performance launched Santana to international fame.
WoN9 TIL Finches have syntax in their songs, and react unfavourably to individual’s songs that are ‘grammatically incorrect’.