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TIL Michael Keaton's real last name is Douglas, so to not be confused with the other actor he changed his last name. While his first thought was changing it to Jackson he ultimately decided on Keaton.

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VM5Zm TIL former NHL goalie Gilles Gratton believed he was an executioner who stoned people to death in a past life and was fated to be a goalie as punishment.
b6RrZ TIL a particular wealthy Roman named Spurius Maelius was executed and his house razed for giving discounted food to the poor
AoQ4 TIL that after 9/11, the Department of Justice spent $8,000 on blue drapes that hide nude statues added to the Great Hall in the 1930’s. The Spirit of Justice statue has a single breast completely exposed.
GV4N TIL During a major Civil War battle, both armies briefly stopped fighting to watch a fist fight between two opposing soldiers who had both taken cover in the same place.
YpeMr TIL: Street pigeons (also known as feral pigeons) are descended from domesticated pigeons, not wild ones.