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TIL: Some species of pelicans develop “breeding horns” on their bills during their mating seasons that fall off after they lay their eggs

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PJKg TIL famous mathematician Paul Erdos was once challenged to quit taking amphetamines for one month by a concerned friend. He succeeded, but complained “You’ve showed me I’m not an addict, but I didn’t get any work done…you’ve set mathematics back a month”.
OwZY TIL that General Robert E. Lee opposed monuments to the Confederacy and wanted people to move on
aXOb TIL: Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President James A. Garfield, chose a .442 caliber British Bulldog revolver with an ivory handle because he thought it would look good in a museum exhibit after the assassination. The revolver has since been lost and its whereabouts are unknown.
69GQ8 TIL that during the construction of the Hoover Dam in 1931 it was the very first time employers required workers to wear hard hats
5Edp TIL that in the 70s the US government sprayed Paraquat (a poisonous herbicide) on marijuana fields in Mexico in order to help stop drug issues in Mexico however much of the treated plants showed up in the US market