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TIL a daughter of US Rep. Leo Ryan (who was famously murdered while investigating the cult at Jonestown in 1978) later went on herself to join the Rajneesh movement (which orchestrated the first and largest bioterror attack ever in the US, and plotted to assassinate a US Attorney).

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