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TIL that in 1973, artist Chris Burden took a handgun, aimed it at an airplane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport, and fired several shots. The act was filmed for a performative art piece titled 747. The piece was meant to depict the idea that you cannot regulate everybody.

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