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TIL Ohio has a native species of cactus

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4XrgR TIL Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (famous for his pet moose and metal nose) was kidnapped when he was two years old by his uncle. Despite Tycho's parents knowing about this, and them being nobles of phenomenal influence, they did nothing about this, and let his uncle keep him.
R7Al7 TIL that in 1988 Aloha flight 243 blew it's roof mid-flight but the pilots were still able to successfully land the aircraft with all passengers surviving except for flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing, who was sucked out and whose body was never found.
rga4 TIL that mass distribution is a primary factor in sword quality, affecting both the location of pivot points and the vibration dampening nodes.
11GW TIL that the famous astronomer Fritz Zwicky liked to insult people by calling them ‘spherical bastards’, because “they were bastards no matter which way you looked at them.”
kOwBd TIL One of the reasons tipping spread in the U.S. was because restaurant owners refused to pay black Americans after the 15th amendment.