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TIL about a fight between clowns and firemen which blew up into a full scale riot and led to the entire Toronto police force losing their jobs

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71Gp TIL of an Italian named Fabrizio Quattrocchi who yelled “I’ll show you how an Italian dies!” while trying to remove his hood before being executed by his Iraqi kidnappers.
e0bb4 TIL: Entrepreneur Laura Scudder (1881-1959), a pioneer of marking food with freshness dates & of using chips bags was refused insurance by male agents. After decades she gave up a $9 million offer for her company when the buyer wouldn't guarantee workers' jobs. (A later $6M offer did protect them.)
1ayxV TIL That the Methuselah star maybe older than the estimated age of the universum.
QJ5NM TIL the 'G' on Speed Racer's shirt stands for "Go", his name in the original manga and the 'M' on the hood of the Mach 5 stands for "Mifune Motors." The name of the series, Mach GoGoGo has a triple meaning: "Mahha-gō" is the name of the car; the main character is Gō Mifune; and the English word "Go"
6E8OW TIL Old Billy lived to 62 years old. He was born in 1760 and died in 1822. He is believed to be the oldest horse that ever lived.