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TIL: In 1953 when Frank Olson a bacteriologist and CIA employee fell from the window of a NYC hotel room his death was ruled suicide. >2 decades later, his family was awarded a $750K settlement as his death was tied to a top-secret government experiment and some subjects were illegally tested upon.

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