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TIL Houston's JPMorgan Chase Tower was originally planned for 80 floors tall, but it was shortened at the order of the Federal Aviation Administration who declared anything taller than 75 floors in downtown Houston would be a hazard to air navigation

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grabD TIL it is illegal to grow your own cotton in 17 states without a permit
8a4GG TIL that the Southern elephant seal is the largest member of the Order Carnivora
OoPOa TIL of Alexei Maresyev, a Soviet fighter ace who, upon being shot down, crawled for 18 days and nights back to Soviet territory. Even though his legs had to be amputated due to frostbite, he was soon back in the air with the assistance of prosthetic legs.
XbeD TIL an African tribe still wears Victorian clothes, the style of former German occupiers that they’ve made their own
XExPD TIL about the boxer crab (Lybia tessellata), which carries poisonous sea anemones around in its claws as deadly weapons to punch its prey with.