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TIL in the final episode of the cartoon Tom & Jerry,both Tom and Jerry commit suicide

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j6Jwp TIL in 1923; Frank Hayes, A racing jockey was Racing the horse named sweet kiss, Had a fatal heart attack midway through the race and died. The horse and his body crossed the finish line. Making him the first and only racer to win a race after death.
Z8YkG TIL Sean Connery once beat up four men single-handedly for giving some girls a hard time in a club, while Michael Caine held his coat
Eg6jV TIL that while following 2001 anthrax attacks suspect Steven Hatfill, the FBI accidentally ran over his foot. When the police responded, they gave Hatfill a fine for "walking to create a hazard."
nmyo TIL Washington DC is a sixty-nine-square-mile city that jails more black men than it graduates from high school every year.
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