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TIL Stanislav Petrov, made the decision not to fire at the United States after a faulty report from the Russian missile detection system that a nuke had been fired, what probably prevented WWIII

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OoER6 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.
1bbW TIL of the Danish Protest Pig, a reddish pig breed with a white stripe that looks like the Danish flag. When Danes in Prussian North Frisia were banned from raising their flag, they displayed the protest pig instead.
GDD5 TIL that since the reinstitution of the death penalty, 143 prisoners have waived their appeals and asked that the execution be carried out. Four states (Connecticut, New Mexico, Oregon, and Pennsylvania) have executed only volunteers so far.
9Y0m6 TIL of the ‘Peggy Martin’ rose, that survived two weeks under 20’ of saltwater after Hurricane Katrina
NBvE TIL there is a naturally occurring black rose. They grow in only one place, a small village in Turkey called Halfeti. And they only appear black in the summer months.