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TIL daredevil Evil Knievel sued Kanye West over the Touch the Sky music video where West dresses like Knievel. Knievel was quoted saying “That video that Kanye West put out is the most worthless piece of crap I’ve ever seen in my life”

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v1Rk7 TIL that Alex Lifeson, guitarist of Rush, was featured in a documentary when he was 17. It even has a part where he argues with his parents about playing music instead of going to school.
oRroY TIL a man named Juhayman al-Otaibi claimed to be the Mahdi (a messianic figure in Islamic eschatolog) and formed a cult following that besieged and took over al-Haram, the holiest Islamic site, in the city of Mecca for more than two weeks, and had left 255 pilgrims killed and hundreds injured
Lkx69 TIL that the first ever speeding ticket was issued to Walter Arnold on the 28th of January 1896 in Kent, England. He was blitzing through the town at 8mph (4 times the legal limit), was chased for 5 miles by a police officer on a bicycle, and was fined 1 shilling when he was finally caught.
ymwa TIL that Gen. George S. Patton believed in reincarnation, and believed himself to have been a military leader killed in action in Napoleon’s army, or a Roman legionary
DQ9Yj TIL Leonardo DiCaprio almost lost the role of titanic because he refused to do a screen test for James Cameron. In turn Cameron was ready to turn Leo away. But he immediately reconsidered and went to audition Which led James to cast him for the role.