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TIL There is no federal law banning civilians from owning and using flamethrowers

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bNXp TIL that Marie Curie is the only person to ever win Nobel prizes in two different areas of science
EW5x TIL Volkswagen was sued by Czechoslovakian car maker Tatra before WWII because the original Beetle was so similar to the Tatra T97. After Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938 the lawsuit was cancelled by the Nazis.
9aOp TIL Murphy’s law is named after aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy Jr., and it’s a misinterpretation of his statement “If there’s more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then he [his assistant] will do it that way.”
W7w1X TIL In Sweden, for drivers as young as 15, a car can be modified to limit max speed at 19mph, these are called A-Traktor, there is a full culture of these among the teens
gBkW TIL in World War 2, Audie Murphy’s best friend was killed by German soldiers who pretended to surrender. Murphy then single-handedly stormed a machine-gun-fortified house while taking heavy fire to attack his friend’s killers. He ended up wounding two, killing six, and taking eleven prisoners.