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TIL of Brian Spencer, a former NHL hockey player who's father, upon hearing his son was starting in his first game, held a Canadian TV station hostage and forced them to broadcast it, before being shot and killed. After his career, Brian too was shot & killed during a robbery after buying crack.

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M7Lg7 TIL of Elizabeth Báthory. She is alleged to have killed more than 600 people in order to drink their blood and bathe in it, ostensibly to preserve her youth.
bDW0 TIL Nolan Ryan is the only pitcher in MLB history to have struck out seven pairs of fathers and sons.
eKDE TIL that the word for roller coasters in Spanish is “la montaña rusa” or Russian Mountain because the first roller coasters were located in Russia and made completely from ice.
QJlke TIL with only four tables and six booths, Rao's is New York's most exclusive restaurant. There are no reservations, just table assignments, designated decades ago. When any of the original “owners” of those tables die, their families will often inherit the table.
jaBE TIL that in 356 BC, Herostratus burned down the Temple of Artemis so that he could become famous. A law was passed forbidding anyone to mention his name.