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TIL - All of Germany's federal laws & regulations are tracked in a GitHub repository

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j6Xkn Til Canadian Department of Fisheries mounted a .50 caliber machine-gun overlooking Seymour Narrows with the intent to shoot and kill passing orcas. However it was never fired.
D6br TIL that when you use laundry detergent labelled as a “brightener,” it doesn’t make the clothing any cleaner or restore its color….it’s actually a chemical combination that absorbs more light in the electromagnetic spectrum and re-emits fluorescent light to make the clothing appear brighter.
RYZ9 TIL the phrase ‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ originated from the tendency of dead animals to be washed away following periods of heavy rain in the filthy streets of 17th century England.
d8Kx8 TIL that cows contaminated with radiation from the Chernobyl disaster caused nearby computers to crash.
RaP4 TIL Americans throw away “enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet every three months