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TIL that a Texan gun manufacturer turned a real Glock into the Nintendo gun from ‘Duck Hunt’

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oA5K TIL that a Humane Society investigation found that many Marc Jacobs garments labeled as ‘Faux Fur’ were actually made from dogs.
7rowb TIL Hawaii tried to raise the smoking age to 100
Y7mA7 TIL Australia has two venomous snakes that live above the snow line in the Australian Alps. The White-lipped snake and Alpine copperhead. The Alpine copperhead is capable of inflicting fatal bites. In 2015 a man was bitten in the Kosciusko National Park in winter and airlifted to hospital.
R5gvl TIL Queen Victoria survived 8 assassination attempts.
awyvy TIL San Francisco had a plague outbreak in the 1900s. Government officials repeatedly denied that it existed to ensure that no quarantine was put into place. When they acknowledged it existed, they blamed it on China. This resulted in the destruction of Chinatown.