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TIL: Zach Braff beat up a 12 year old kid when he “caught” him spray-painting his car for an episode of Punkd. It was edited out for the airing.

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oR1O8 TIL about the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, which rolled over while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. Barely half of the vessel was submerged, yet 844 people (mostly poor working-class immigrants) perished, killing more passengers than the Titanic.
YWov TIL Kanye West commissioned Zach Galifianakis to make an alternate music video of “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” on a whim based on a connection through a personal trainer; the video is Zach riding farm equipment and lip synching.
47A6 TIL while working as maids Léa Papin and her sister Christine were found guilty of murdering their employer’s wife and daughter. Léa was given a reduced sentence of eight years due to good behaviour, and upon release moved to Nantes where she continued her livelihood as a hotel maid.
r91d TIL last year more members of The Army committed suicide than died in combat.
XEG7R TIL The 1st ever jazz recording was offered to Freddie Keppard, but he refused: instead, that honour went to the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, an all-white band, who had a $million hit "Livery Stable Blues", which came from a song Keppard had performed.