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TIL Daniel Radcliffes stunt double was paralysed in an accident on the set of Deathly Hallows allows

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awZOZ TIL that composer Johann Schobert (NOT Schubert) died from eating poisonous mushrooms, after two people told him not to eat them. A doctor friend insisted that they were edible. Schobert, the doctor, his wife, and all but one of his children ate the resulting mushroom soup and died.
KYgN9 TIL That firearms manufacturer Beretta commissioned a custom Model 92 handgun called the Diamond Beretta. With almost 1200 gemstones embedded in the grip the handgun, which is stored in the Beretta museum, has an estimated value of over $300 000 USD.
GKPg TIL that, similar to the ‘Freedom Fries’ fiasco near the beginning of the war in Iraq, US citizens referred to sauerkraut as “Liberty Cabbage” near the beginning of WWII.
RRLl TIL The U.S. Government is currently developing a gun that can fire a laser guided lightning bolt.
78e4P TIL the state parliament of Bremen, Germany, is called the Bürgerschaft