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TIL that during his burglary career, Malcom X played Russian roulette with himself, pulling the trigger three times to prove to his partners he wasn’t afraid to die. He later revealed in his autobiography that he palmed the round.

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W7ZlN TIL that during the Jonestown Massacre the attorney for Jim Jones risked his life to get a suitcase and then trekked through the jungle with it. An author who escaped with him assumed it had vital supplies they’d need to survive. It had a hairdryer he needed to hide his combover from the press.
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