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TIL That Reggie Jackson was offered more money to go to the Montreal Expos in 1976. A customs search in Ottawa sealed the fate of a deal with Montreal and he later signed with the New York Yankees

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jKGa TIL Don King has killed two men. He shot one in the back who had robbed his illegal gambling house and later stomped an employee to death over $600. He was convicted of murder and later pardoned after Jessie Jackson, Coretta Scott King, and several others wrote letters to Ohio’s governor.
1g8P TIL Sears used to sell entire houses in a DIY kit
gM1n7 TIL In 2004 street artist Banksy printed counterfeit 10 pound notes with Princess Diana's face replacing the Queen's and threw them into crowds. They were soon worth over 200 pounds each.
Ojy6 TIL that before the 1900s, women didn’t start having periods until much later in their adolescence, as in late teens or even their 20s
bnvj TIL The journalist who wrote CIA contra-crack story died from a suicide (2 gunshots in the head)