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TIL that Pope Nicholas III Orsini created a botanical garden in Vatican City that has been maintained for over 700 years.

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4XdWw TIL the US operates about 800 military bases and logistical facilities outside its sovereign territory -- more than any other nation. All the other foreign bases owned by countries together total about 30.
W4aY TIL some astronauts experience a profound shift in life perspective after seeing Earth from space.
6E8Y7 TIL that Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber), Ramzi Yousef (the 1993 World Trade Center bomber), and Timothy McVeigh (the Oklahoma City bomber), all became friends in prison, and regularly discussed religion and politics until McVeigh's execution.
jLQE TIL that it is totally legal in New York for a woman to go topless, but only if it’s not used for business purposes.
XpWE TIL that Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.