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TIL the band Badfinger (early 70’s) had all their money stolen in a bad business deal and the two leading members committed suicide.

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Nb9b TIL that James Gordon Wolcott, age 15, brutally murdered his parents and sister in Georgetown, TX in 1967, but was found not guilty by reason of insanity. He is now a doctor of psychology and tenured professor at Millikin University in Illinois.
WkmeN TIL about Project GUNMAN, the discovery of primitive keylogging technology installed by the KGB into the IBM Selectric typewriters used in the US Embassy in Moscow, enabling the Soviets to steal US secrets for eight years.
KOOaG Short answer: Not really.
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