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TIL You should never EVER dry fire a bow, especially a compound bow

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1aXv8 TIL that both a human and a dog's blood pressure decrease while the human pets the dog.
WkkEX TIL that Mozart's piece A Musical Joke (more of a prank, really) was designed such that it would appear that the music's composer had been incompetent and that its performers were making a number of embarrassing mistakes.
VMlOp TIL about the Italian Unabomber, who placed tiny explosive devices inside everyday objects, including tomato sauce, a Nutella jar, and an egg, in public spaces in parts of Italy. Numerous people, including children, lost fingers and limbs. The bomber operated from 1994 to 2006 and remains unknown.
nEBr TIL that when a dignitary complained to President Theodore Roosevelt about Alice Roosevelt (his daughter) smoking on top of the White House, Roosevelt replied, “I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.”
nWddB TIL that NBA player Bill Walton was an uncredited background extra in the 1984 film Ghostbusters