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TIL that in the United States flamethrowers are legal in most of the country, with exception to Maryland’s full ban and California requiring a permit from the State Fire Marshal.

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Rl5Q TIL Fidel Castro set up his own recreation of the Kennedy assassination using Cuban military snipers and concluded Oswald couldn’t have acted alone.
8akrV TIL Dr. Seuss' widow disliked 'The Cat in the Hat' (2003) so much that she banned Hollywood from making Live Action movies of Seuss characters.
LQk6P TIL Moe Howard of The Three Stooges once broke three ribs filming a pratfall. Dazed, he managed to pick himself up off the ground and slap Curly in the face before passing out. The footage ended up being used in the finished short.
5vnB TIL A researcher in Antarctica got a date via Tinder with a woman who was researching at a field camp 45 minutes away.
YpLGA TIL of Pushball, a game invented in 1894 as an alternative to the "dull" game of football. The ball was 6 ft wide and weighed 50 pounds.