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TIL A cop tried to shoot a dog for barking but accidentally shot himself.

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9Yrxm TIL about the spitting stone in Bremen, Germany, where people express their disgust by spitting at a stone which marks the execution spot of Gesche Gottfried who poisoned 15 people with arsenic during the early 19th century.
wLK4M TIL it used to be improper for women to smoke, but a single PR stunt changed all that. In 1929, women were hired to light up while marching in a parade, calling the cigarettes "Torches of Freedom." So smoking became a symbol of equal rights, and sales skyrocketed.
GANM7 TIL that life imprisonment without possibility of parole has been deemed illegal by the European Court of Human Rights.
0d4by TIL from 1965 to 1998, the most popular way Gatorade was packaged was in glass bottles. After this, plastic bottles became the most popular form of packaging due to safety reasons (no glass shattering), being more lightweight, cheaper, and was seen as more environmentally friendly due to recycling.
Ojl4 TIL a company will fake your job references, or even your former company