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TIL that David Vogel, then-president of production at Disney, was fired from his position for buying the rights to the script for Sixth Sense for $3M, because he bought it without permission.

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gmV4 TIL that over 90 people volunteered to die in Operation Crossroads, the Navy’s first atomic test in the Bikini Atoll, including geriatrics, the suicidal, and one death-row inmate. All were, of course, refused.
N7vpE TIL That despite the fact that mud dauber wasps are non-aggressive and rarely sting, they have killed at least 210 people since 1980 via plane crashes
awK4Z TIL venomous snakes such as rattlesnakes are used in religious ceremonies in the US, resulting in multiple deaths