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TIL that mobster Roy DeMeo was considered so dangerous that when the Gambino crime family put a contract out on him, they struggled to get someone to take it up. Even John Gotti was reluctant, as he had killed fewer than 10 people, while DeMeo was responsible for at least 37 murders.

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