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TIL James Caan Once Had Joe Pesci Beaten Up In 'Mafia Style Hit' Over Unpaid Hotel Bill

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wN5W TIL Gustav III of Sweden’s coffee experiment using 2 identical twins that were condemned to death, but had their sentence reduced to life in prison on the conditions of conducting this experiment.
4Elo TIL the man who supervised the construction of the CTV Building, which collapsed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, faked his engineering degree. 115 people died, over half the total earthquake deaths. Gerald Shirtcliff had stolen the identity of a retired engineer based in the UK, William Fisher.
mm0y TIL that Victoria Cross is made out of Russian bronze cannons that were captured during the Crimean War. Only 80 more can be made from such bronze.
yB6M TIL that two psychologists, inexperienced in interrogation, were paid $80 million for developing and running the CIA torture program.
E1KAo TIL that in 2014, the game Garry's Mod was hacked and caused a cough virus to spread amongst users like wildfire across servers, making them cough non-stop in the game