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TIL A man that Jeffrey Dahmer was planning to kill robbed him after Jeffrey accidentally consumed the drink laden with sedatives intended for that victim.

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kVVm TIL that the Jonas Salk, who developed the world’s first successful Polio vaccine, refused to patent his discovery. The vaccine was valued to be worth $7 billion had it been patented.
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