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TIL some US states have restrictions on collecting rainwater, while other states encourage it

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k7x5 TIL a dentist in the US Army during World War II was shot 24 times while defending an aid station from the Japanese. Although he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated, his Medal of Honor was delayed because medical officers were not supposed to bear arms against the enemy.
pZ5G TIL Between the 13th and 18th Centuries it was common to have criminal trials with animal defendants. Animals on trial were most often pigs, bulls, horses, and cows or pests such as rats and weevils. They were routinely provided with lawyers and if convicted animals were executed or exiled.
W7k88 TIL: About the naval term - broom at the masthead. It meant that a vessel had made a clean sweep of enemy vessels. Ships literally hung a broom from the mast of a ship. Commonly used in WW2, it dates back to the 17th century.
yw6e TIL Australia lost a prime minister, he just went for a swim and disappeared.
4k19b TIL that in Chinese weddings during the 1980s and 1990s, the bride had to light a cigarette for every man attending the wedding banquet as a token of gratitude.