A Cocktail Toast to the Mob
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The Life and Times of Al Capone
Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1899 as one of nine children to an Italian immigrant family. He didn't even finish sixth grade and took odd jobs around his Navy Yard neighborhood for the Italian American Five Points gang. One night Al started to flirt with a girl who didn't want his attention, and her brother took out a knife to attack him. The man aimed to cut Capone's throat, but missed his mark and sliced the side of Al's face and neck. But the knife cuts gave him the lifelong nickname we all know him by, Scarface.
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