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TIL Ohio has a native species of cactus

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BrXbd TIL of Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer, a Dutch woman who saved 10,000 Jewish children by charming and bribing Dutch train workers and German officers including a young Adolf Eichmann. Research suggests she saved more Jewish lives than all but Raoul Wallenberg.
7M6L TIL that Kenny G is extremely popular in China, and that his “Going Home” is used countrywide in malls, libraries and parks to let residents know it’s time to leave.
1Q6O TIL Robert Englund, famous for playing Freddy Krueger in “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” was auditioning for “Apocalypse Now” when he noticed auditions for “Star Wars” across the hall. He thought his friend Mark Hamill was perfect for the role of Luke Skywalker, and he suggested Hamill audition for it.
RLW6 TIL the British scrapped a plausible plan to assassinate Hitler because they believed he was doing more harm than good for the Nazi war effort.
erZ5 TIL female athletes suffering from hyperandrogenism (a condition characterized by excessive levels of androgens in the body) are not allowed to compete in Olympic Games on the ground that it can confer an unfair advantage