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TIL there is no evidence that a first responder has actually experienced an fentanyl overdose from accidental exposure

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G51G TIL in 2008 - before his actual death - 4chan started a prank claiming that Steve Jobs had died of a heart attack. The prank caught so much attention that it actually cause Apple’s value in stock to fall by 10% for a day
e0ye6 TIL Marshall Mabey was a $1 a day NYC tunnel worker called "Sandmen". On Feb 19 he was working under the East River where the tunnel was pressurized to prevent cave ins. A crack in the ceiling vented Mabey up through the mud, the East River and 25 feet into the air. He lived and was uninjured.
6EraW TIL: The codename for Direct X was "Project Manhattan" in order to showcase the effort from Microsoft to displace the Japanese gaming industry at the time.
7wgL TIL Converse Sneakers have felt on the bottom because that classifies them as slippers, which have a lower tariff.
Z8j6D TIL The Stanford Prison Experiment's Results Have Never Been Replicated, and Many Question its Findings, Methodology, Sample Size, and Neutrality.