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neKA7 TIL that Rodney Dangerfield smoked pot at the White House during the Reagan administration.
lor8a TIL In the 20th century India lost more than 95% of its vulture population. The deaths are due to a medication for cows that is poisonous to the birds. The loss of vultures had increased the spread of disease and vermin populations. Also Parsi sky burials have had to be cancelled.
v1dwL TIL that famous jazz pianist Fats Waller was kidnapped by gangsters for three days in Chicago in 1926. He was the "surprise guest" at Al Capone's birthday party. He was later found very drunk, extremely tired, and had earned thousands of dollars in cash from Capone and other party-goers as tips.
ODm7 TIL That before the widespread use of toilet paper it was common to use corn cobs and sometimes mussel shells for post-defecation hygiene.
e0WBD TIL that Hawaii's statehood was delayed for several decades because of consistent opposition by the "Solid South" (southern states) who refused to tolerate non-white Congressmen