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TIL Black History Month is thought to be celebrated in February because Abraham Lincoln's birthday was Feb. 12 and Frederick Douglass celebrated his birthday on Feb. 14

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5VAoP TIL that the USAF accidentally detonated a dirty bomb by San Francisco, through sheer incompetence.
lyLa TIL: In 2014, the Spanish Marijuana Seed store Alchimia, has contributed around 21,500 seeds, to ensure the survival of cannabis for use by future generations.
JYj6m TIL of a song called Prisencolinensinainciusol, a song by Italian Pop Singer Adriano Celentano - The lyrics are gibberish and meant to sound like English. This is how non-English speakers perceive English.
DQPaD TIL that the first Taser model used gunpowder as a propellant so it was classified as a firearm.
69GJY TIL In 1924, the federal government funded enormous concrete arrows to be built every 10 miles or so along established airmail routes to help the pilots trace their way across America in bad weather conditions and particularly at night, which was a more efficient time to fly.