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capsaicinintheeyes OP t1_iu5vkhd wrote

Reply to comment by bolanrox in TIL Al Capone was only 33 when he was locked away for tax evasion and developed neurosyphilis, leading to his death at 48. Eliot Ness was 27 when he formed the Untouchables--he died in a state of financial ruin in his 50s, likely hastened by his heavy drinking in his later life by capsaicinintheeyes

>made the Mob what it is

Really reawakened our national hybristophilia we hadn't seen since the days of the old West

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FartFountain69 t1_iu8lskh wrote

Alright partner you don't have to slap us with them five dollar words like some snot nosed city slicka. We but some simple folk

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