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TIL 24 writers of the Simpsons went to Harvard

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neQjW TIL in 1974 newscaster Christine Chubbuck committed suicide on live television by shooting herself in the head with a .38-caliber revolver.
xVxk7 TIL that a dam failure in China, 1975 caused as many as 240,000 deaths. The chief engineer predicted it beforehand, and was removed from the project. It was covered up for decades
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VWNk TIL that a reckless neurosurgeon in Texas killed and paralyzed several patients over 18 months in spite of many formal complaints of his malpractice by fellow neurosurgeons.