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TIL Actor Steven Seagal was Sued for Driving a Tank into a House, Killing a Puppy during a Police Raid

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GAkbg TIL Any annual rate over 60%, including interest and most fees combined, is a Criminal Offence in Canada
JQwB TIL that Joseph Kennedy initially hoped for his eldest son Joseph (jr.) to become President. It was only when Joe jr. was killed during World War II, that he encouraged his younger son, John F Kennedy, to pursue a political career.
b9DnQ TIL Ken Griffey Jr. attempted suicide at the age of 18, right before the start of his Hall of Fame baseball career
BwDK TIL as John Adams lay dying, he remarked that Jefferson had outlived him, unaware that Jefferson had died hours earlier, on the 50th anniversary of the original Fourth of July
PYZdg TIL that after an intense 8 artillery week barrage, British troops on the first day of the Battle of the Somme were so sure of their victory that 4 platoons had a competition to see who could kick a soccer ball into the German trenches first. Nearly 20,000 British men were killed that day