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TIL that on December 7, 2012, hospital nurse Jacintha Saldanha took her own life, just three days after being deceived by a prank phone call orchestrated by two Australian radio DJs. The call was part of a radio stunt related to Prince William's pregnant wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales.

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