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TIL that MLB and NHL have real organists

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vPNX7 TIL that Eric Braedon, the actor who portrayed John Jacob Astor in the 1997 Titanic film, survived the MV Wilhelm Gustloff sinking
5lan TIL… In 1882, Robert Ford killed the outlaw Jesse James in order to collect the reward… only to find out that he would immediately be charged for first degree murder.
g9vW TIL 25 scientists working for GEC-Maroni died in mysterious circumstances between 1982-88. A Defense Journalist investigating the deaths hung himself in 1990.
QmVd TIL that in 2008, Hancock outgrossed Iron Man by almost 40 million. One of them never got the sequel while the other one spawned a decade long multi-billion dollar franchise.
gJML TIL that Medgar Evers, an American civil rights activist, stated “you can kill a man, but you can’t kill an idea.” He was later shot and killed by a Klansman, but the civil rights movement lived on.