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TIL Ohio has a native species of cactus

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DwvV TIL that Sir Ian McKellen, broke down an cried whilst filming ‘The Hobbit’ because he had to film with a just a green screen instead of with other actors, he said “this is not why I became an actor”
LeL0 TIL that during the Vietnam War, American troops would eat small amounts of C4 plastic explosive to get high.
NPYQ TIL that Target (yes, that Target) runs a state of the art crime lab, one of only twelve accredited private labs in the world, on its corporate campus in Minnesota. It often provides outside assistance to law enforcement at no charge and has been involved in a number of high profile cases.
wnwJ TIL A man apprehended a drunken police officer and locked him in the back of his own vehicle.
Z8WWB TIL An award older than the Nobel Prize the 133-year-old James Craig Watson Medal was recently handed to Professor Lisa Kewley, for her outstanding work in Astronomy. This award is held every two years.