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TIL Hunter S. Thompson almost killed Bill Murray by tying him to a chair and throwing him into a pool. They were arguing about who could “out Houdini” whom

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X0PE8 TIL South African musician Lucky Dube was killed in a shooting because his assailants allegedly thought he was a Nigerian
LXxV TIL That Steve Irwin was offered a state funeral following his death, however his dad rejected the government’s offer citing that Steve would have wanted to have been remembered as “an ordinary bloke”.
oRevo TIL Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee Bubbles is still alive, and lives in the Center for Great Apes sanctuary in Florida, where his care is paid for by Jackson's estate
K5da TIL Alexander Hamilton thought the electoral college would ensure that “the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.”
XvYk TIL that a man’s home was being foreclosed and the bank wouldn’t let him sell it. He responded by spending 2 weeks tearing down the $350K home he built.