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TIL: In 1954, famous rhythm-and-blues singer Johnny Ace died after jokingly pointing a gun toward himself and accidentally shooting himself with it. His last words were “It’s okay! Gun’s not loaded… see?”

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XErNk TIL of Cpt. Burris, who during WWII got a 15,000 man German Panzer Corps to surrender to him and 2 men. The Americans were told to let the Russians make the final push into Berlin for political reasons. Instead Burris drove in with just a jeep and 2 men and convinced the German's it was over.
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