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TIL about Andy Grant, a Royal Marine and Liverpool FC fan, whose "You'll never walk alone" tattoo read "You'll never walk" after an amputation from standing on a mine while serving in Afghanistan.

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e09eD TIL of the Astor Place Riot of 1849, in which 22-31 people died and over 120 were injured in a riot stemming from a dispute over whether an American or a British actor was the best Shakespearean actor
Z8EVG TIL defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi vowed to pay the average adoption fee of $150 for every dog at a Missouri shelter if the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl. They won, and Nnadi paid the fees. A few days later, all 109 shelter dogs had been adopted.
QJdbL TIL Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes went to the same school and once had a rap battle with each other in the cafeteria.According to an interview with MTV, Busta Rhymes competed with Jay-Z and lost to him. Jay-Z was apparently better than him at that time and Busta was soon out of breath.
wlDo TIL Hugh Laurie realised he had severe clinical depression after seeing two cars collide and explode in front of him, which caused him to be neither excited nor frightened, but bored.
GyYN TIL a French waiter stole $1.4 billion worth of art between 1995 and 2001 and didn’t sell any of it.