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TIL if you cut down a cactus in Arizona, you can go to prison for 25 years. This is similar to cutting down rare trees.

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Oo16L TIL the dull side of nonstick tinfoil is the nonstick side
d8BrB TIL The Beatles first saw a TV remote control when they visited Elvis Presley in 1965. McCartney remarked, "He was just aiming it at the TV, and the channels were changing and we go 'Whoa! He is indeed the mighty God. He can turn the channels without approaching the television set!'"
6ZvZ TIL that nearly all vultures in India have died due to eating corpses of animals recently treated with the drug diclofenac. In a butterfly effect, there is now a major rabies problem, with an annual cost of US$26 billion per year.
69v08 TIL the Apollo 12, 16, and 17 American flags planted on the moon are the only flags left that are only visible from earth using the Lunar Reconnaissance Oribiter.