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TIL The Chicago gangster Hymie Weiss had terminal cancer which allowed him to recklessly ignore his own safety. Weiss led a gang war against Al Capone, shooting up Capone's car and hotel, making him "the only man Al Capone feared". Ultimately Weiss was assassinated on October 11th, 1926.

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