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TIL Joe Son from Austin Powers ("Random Task" "who throws a shoe?") Is in jail for torturing a woman, and then murdered his cellmate.

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Oodd7 TIL Robert-François Damiens, after trying to assassinate the king, was sentenced to be executed by having his skin ripped with pliers, molten lead and sulfur being poured onto his ripped skin, then dismemberment by four horses. At hearing this, Damiens replied: “Well, it's going to be a tough day.”
VBAe8 TIL the Nazis made a landing in North America during WW2.
weLM TIL Steve Jobs’ had a habit of soaking his feet in the toilet and his hygiene was so bad that he was put on the night shift at Atari so he wouldn’t have to interact with people.
wLmeW TIL during the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet military warned all soldiers that if they surrendered their families would be shot. Later, one of the soldiers who ended up surrendering was Stalin's own son, Yakov Dzhugashvili.
x6okB TIL about 4% of all stocks generated all $34.8 trillion in wealth for shareholders between July 1926 and December 2016. 96% of all stocks collectively performed no better than 1- month treasury bonds.