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TIL Willie Nelson’s longtime drummer and best friend was a former pimp and gangster once named the ‘godfather of a bloody Fort Worth’

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pYxDG TIL: In 1518, the town of Strasbourg experienced a "dancing plague" where hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for days, and some even reportedly danced to death. Doctors at the time blamed "hot blood" and suggested more dancing as a cure.
KrBE TIL that the voice of Snow White, Adriana Caselotti, in the original 1937 film was only paid $20 a day, totalling $970; while the dwarves were each paid $150 a day.
LQya0 TIL A woman once sued herself for the wrongful death of her husband. The district court threw out the suit saying that you can't sue yourself, but the case appealed to the supreme court who ruled that you can.
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