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TIL the Pythagorean cup is a drinking cup that forces you to drink in moderation

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69vwY TIL in 1999 Gaston Glock, inventor of the Glock pistol, suspected Charles Ewert, his closest adviser had been embezzling funds. Glock confronted Ewert, who then hired an assassin named Spartacus, to murder Glock who was able to fight back, by punching the assassin until he collapsed on top of Glock.
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wL5DJ TIL of the Photorevolver, a camera hidden inside a non-functional firearm invented in 1882, which allowed the user to pull the “gun’s” trigger to close the camera’s shutter. Only 14 photorevolvers were built, with only a handful thought to survive today, with prices between $50,000 and $120,000.