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TIL of the PUPPERS Act, which protects dogs from inhumane experimentation.

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0PaL TIL Police SWAT sniper Mike Plumb managed to shoot a revolver out of a suicidal person’s hand.
6Eb0Y TIL that in 2015, Martin Scorsese directed a 16-minute short film called “The Audition” that served as an advertisement for a Chinese casino. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, with a cameo appearance from Brad Pitt. The budget was $70 million.
7n7Z TIL that the Mayan god of wind and storms was called Jun Raqan, pronounced “Huracan”, hence the word “Hurricane”.
W0YB TIL a Soviet MIG 23 pilot ejected thinking the plane’s engine had failed. The plane continued to fly pilot less crossing Germany before running out of fuel and crashing in Belgium.
v1JeR TIL that in 1918, during WWI, the Germans protested the use of the Model 97 shotgun "trenchbroom" by the USA, arguing it violated the rules of the Hague Conventions. The Americans replied almost immediately that the protest was ironic coming from the guys using flamethrowers and poison gas.