TIL several states in the South banned calculus from schools in the 1950's.
Apparently they opposed integration.
True Story that is also a joke. (It really is true.)
I was doing tourist stuff in New Orleans one summer and had gone down to the waterfront. I was sitting on a bench looking out at the water when a guy came up to me and offered me a bet. He said, "I bet you $5 I can tell you where you got your shoes."
I was from several states away so I figure...
Wash. Biol. Surv.
A biological survey team based in Washington State University were studying the migratory habits of crows, so they caught a number of the birds in several states, tagged them with a metal tag marked WASH. BIOL. SURV. along with a box number and serial number, and released them.
After a while ...
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