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TIL: In 1995, St. Jude’s Hospital received an anonymous letter with a $1 million winning McDonald’s Monopoly game piece. Although it was against the rules to transfer prizes, McDonald’s honored it even after learning that the piece was sent by an individual involved in an embezzlement scheme.

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vPO68 TIL: The 1981 movie, Roar, which used 71 lions and 26 tigers, most of whom were untrained, had as a result had the most dangerous filming production in film history with at least 70 out of the 140-person crew receiving injuries.
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