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wonAM TIL New York mobster, Joe Gallo was a diagnosed schizophrenic, watercolor painter, and avid reader of classic literature, who paraded his pet lion around the city. He kidnapped his own bosses, sparked two gang wars, and was killed on his birthday, in 1972. And Bob Dylan wrote a song about him.
Me0Ra TIL about the longest Filibuster in American History - A 24 hour speech by Sen. Storm Thurmond with the intention of stalling the passing of the civil rights act of 1957. He successfully spoke from 8:54pm to 9:12pm the next day, but the bill was still passed.
RVr7 TIL that ‘Scientologists’ collectively won the Pigasus award, a satirical award given to those who advocate pseudoscientific theories, in 2009. They were under the category, 'Refusal to face reality’.
neGMd TIL Famed Chess player Bobby Fischer is such an anti-semite that he once journaled "it’s ... time for vigilante killings of Jews – random killings of Jews." He even drafted a letter to Osama Bin Laden sharing his hatred and is a vehement holocaust denier.
W8Oo TIL that in 1348 the Scots invaded the English because they were weakened by the plague. The Scots subsequently caught the plague themselves, went back to Scotland, and killed their own population