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TIL of the only real Space Gun; the TP-82, a Russian triple barreled, break action shotgun/rifle/machete combo for fighting and hunting wildlife after a Cosmonaut touches down in Siberia.

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wolv6 TIL: Every night, since 886 AD, the Wakemen of Ripon, England, blow horns in the evening to "set the watch." The tradition is from Ripon's first citizen, the "Wakeman," who was responsible for crime prevention in the city from 9 pm until dawn and had to compensate victims of burglary.
VO0D TIL Vin Diesel is a huge fan of Dungeons & Dragons, having played it for over 20 years including nights off when he was a bouncer, and wrote the foreward to the commemorative book “30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons”.
DKdr TIL that in 2010 a Slovakian man was arrested in Ireland after bringing explosives into the country. They were planted in his luggage by Slovak authorities, who were doing a security test and forgot to remove them before he got on the plane
eNX5 TIL In 2011, a team at the U.S. Department of Energy hacked into a one of the most commonly used electronic voting machines and concluded in their report: “anyone with $26 in parts and an eighth-grade science education would be able to manipulate the outcome of an election.”
OoKb6 TIL that every child in the United States, regardless of disability, is entitled to a "free appropriate public education," in the "least restrictive environment." If your local school district does not propose such a program for your child, you can request a "due process hearing."