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TIL of an accountant who murdered his client, a $5 million lottery winner, because he was pushed over the edge by her continued wasteful spending

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j6QE TIL Woody Harrelsons Father was a contract Killer
loenA TIL that, in America, before TV was on 24 hours, there was a nightly sign off where the Star Spangled Banner was played and an image of the American flag was shown before the TV cut to static.
5VPj8 TIL that Anders Breivik, who killed 77 youth activists in Norway in 2011 once sued Norway in a bid in order to end his years in isolation.
6a0J TIL Frank Zappa performed at a Casino in Switzerland when a flare set off by an audience member started a fire that burned down the casino.The event is immortalized in Deep Purple’s song “Smoke on the Water”
rNlQ4 TIL: That for certain songs on the album "Tusk", Lindsey Buckingham played a Kleenex box as a snare drum and had Mick Fleetwood overdub his own drums over Buckingham's demos. He would also tape microphones to the studio floor and get into a sort of push-up position to sing.