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TIL that the sum of all numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.

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Ww4L TIL that when Jackie Gleason needed $200 for a train ticket to New York (he was afraid of flying), he went to a local storekeeper and asked for a loan. When the shopkeeper asked for ID, Gleason took him to a movie theater to watch a movie he was in. Gleason got the loan, and paid it back promptly.
oBKBE TIL in 2004 a man had his head brutally smashed with an axe on his sleep. He woke up like normal and adrenaline kept him up as he did his routine. He used the sink,did dishes and made breakfast while bleeding out. He was locked out while picking the newspaper and died trying to find the spare key
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JXVB TIL After Mick Jagger rang up bandmate Charlie Watts during the night and asked “Where’s my drummer?” Watts got out of bed, shaved, dressed in a suit, put on a tie and freshly shined shoes, then went to Jagger’s room and punched him in the face.
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