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TIL South African residents can legally attach small flamethrowers to cars to repel carjackers

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m1vAp TIL that A UK High Court judge ruled in 2005 that it would be illegal for the British Museum to return artworks looted by the Nazis to a Jewish family, despite its willingness and moral obligation to do so. However, the law has changed since.
KOpla TIL President Kennedy's daughter Caroline was given a puppy by the Soviets in 1961. The puppy's mother, Strelka, had earlier been launched into space during Sputnik. JFK's Thank You letter to the Soviets opened a channel of communication that helped divert the Cuban Missile Crisis 16 months later.
xVA95 TIL the US military's Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) can project speech narrowly enough to be heard by a single person 300m away. American soldiers in Iraq used the device to speak directly to specific insurgents, claiming to be the voice of God and ordering their surrender
wLm4W TIL that, in December 2015, 19-year-old Bud Weisser was placed under arrest for trespassing at the Budweiser Brewery located at 9th and Arsenal in St. Louis.
aBMM TIL A group of Baboons in Saudi Arabia have been caught kidnapping puppies from tourists and raising them as pets, for them to steal food to the group when they grow up.