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TIL the longest marriage on record ended this year when Karam Chand died in England. He and his wife had been married for 90 years.

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nenEY TIL that when Al Capone discovered that three of his men were conspiring against him, he invited them over for dinner. After a night of drinking, Capone beat the men with a baseball bat and then ordered his bodyguards to shoot them, a scene that was included in the 1987 film The Untouchables.
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YpolG TIL About a Nez Percè women named Watkuweis. In 1805, she convinced her tribe not to kill a weakened Lewis and Clark Expedition, and help them instead. Her altruism saved one of the most important expeditions in history. (U.S. National Park Service)