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TIL that Kennesaw, Georgia requires every household to own a gun

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wlj1 TIL although close friends who collaborated on four hugely successful films, after the filming of ‘Groundhog Day’, Bill Murray refused to speak to writer/director Harold Ramis until on his deathbed in 2014
VBWgD TIL a group of pandas is called an "embarassment"
GA07 TIL In 1935, US Supreme Court honored Prophet Muhammad as one of the Greatest Lawgivers of the world.
1aPd8 TIL of the Lockheed bribery scandals. Starting in the 1950s, officials of Lockheed, the aerospace company, bribed many influential individuals including a Dutch prince, a Japanese mob boss and a Saudi Arabian arms dealer in order to negotiate favourable deals. The bribes were exposed in the 1970s.
JYBNQ TIL that Millennium Tower, a San Francisco high-rise housing more than 400 luxury condos, is sinking at a rate of 2 inches per year and leaning. The foundation wasn't anchored to bed rock, but sand, making it susceptible to further damage from soil liquefaction during a powerful earthquake.