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TIL South African residents can legally attach small flamethrowers to cars to repel carjackers

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oBYY TIL that over 100 waiters were arrested in Chicago for poisoning bad tippers.
5V0Xk TIL the largest verified size of a captive Kodiak bear is for a male that lived at the Dakota Zoo in Bismarck, North Dakota. He weighed 966 kg (2,130 lb) when he died in June 1987 at the age of 22, and according to the zoo director, he likely weighed close to 1,089 kg (2,400 lb) a year earlier.
mx7Jo TIL some Hungarians refuse to clink beer glasses, as Austrians supposedly did this in 1849 after executing Hungarian rebels. The unofficial ban on clinking beer glasses was 150 years, but many still continue—others maintain the tradition was only popularized by winemakers trying to boost wine sales.
09Vj TIL Robert Downey Jr. pissed in jars and left them lying around the set of “Zodiac” to protest not having enough time to go to his trailer and relax.
nWGwr TIL: Pluto's orbit has aligned with the constellation Capricorn since 2008. Tonight, for the last time in our lifetime, Pluto will be there. Tomorrow Pluto's orbit will begin aligning with the constellation Aquarius. Just a fun reminder that the universe is making history tomorrow.