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TIL that Theranos employee Ian Gibbons killed himself to avoid being deposed and fired for disclosing company's false claims. His wife called the CEO to report his death but instead received an email from a Theranos lawyer requesting she immediately return the company laptop.

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KgmE TIL The difference between poisonous and venomous animals; “if you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it’s venomous.”
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