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TIL that MGMT started as a prank

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ANmJd TIL John D'Amato, mobster and acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey, was murdered in January 1992 after he was suspected of engaging in homosexual activity.
Ooxp4 TIL stunt performer Bobby Leach was the second person to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel. He was rescued three times from attempts to swim the Niagra Whirlpool Rapids. He died of a broken leg after slipping on an orange peel.
8aG9G TIL In 1975 a 17 year old boy was killed while riding his moped. He was killed exactly a year after his 17 year old brother was killed while riding the same moped, in the same intersection, by the same taxi, with the same driver, carrying the same passenger
jNvXN TIL comedy legend Mel Brooks was an uncredited producer of The Elephant Man, released in 1980. He was left off the credits for fear that fans would believe the movie was a comedy.
VK1Q TIL that a woman struck and killed a teenage boy while driving her SUV, then sued the dead boy and his family because the event caused her “emotional distress”.