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TIL that singer Marvin Gaye was fatally shot the day before his birthday, by his own father (a Christian minister), by a gun that Marvin had gifted to him. Marvin was suicidal and physically hit his father because it was established that his father would kill any of his children who might do so.

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lADr TIL that in 1847 the wife of Mountain Man John Johnson was killed by a group of Crow Indians which prompted Johnson to embark on a vendetta against the tribe. He supposedly killed and scalped more than 300 Crow Indians and then devoured their livers to avenge the death of his wife.
XQnQ TIL Steven Spielberg spent $250,000 of his own money in a campaign to see Bill Murray win an Oscar for his role in “What About Bob?”
BeAL TIL a designer of the Titanic was on board when it sank. His original design included features such as a double hull, more water-tight compartments, and twice as many lifeboats but they were overruled. He spent his last moments trying to evacuate passengers, and his body was never recovered.
dA1K TIL Billy Joel pursued a music career when he realized he wasn’t going to graduate high school at the end of his senior year. As he recounted, “If I’m not going to Columbia University, I’m going to Columbia Records, and you don’t need a high school diploma over there.” Columbia ended up signing him.
X0MMj TIL that when the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911 Pablo Picasso and his friends were initially considered prime suspects