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TIL Ohio has a native species of cactus
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TIL Early versions of the Jimmy Croce 1973 smash hit, "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" included the line, "meaner than a concentration camp dog," but Croce decided that it was unpleasant to the ear and it was also offensive to Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals.
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TIL the standard artwork on playing cards that I personally have known since childhood has remained relatively unchanged since 1862
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TIL, in 1982, the town of Kennesaw, Georgia passed an ordinance requiring every head of household to own a gun. Since then there hasn’t been one murder, burglaries decreased by half, and the town has the lowest crime rate in the United States.
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TIL Braille was originally developed as ‘Sonography’, a means for French spies in the Napoleonic Wars to communicate without the use of light. Louis Braille would later point out the flaws in the original code, creating the version we use today.
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TIL that only one man, Sulla, has ever lead successful military campaigns against both Athens and Rome.