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TIL that the FBI wrongly accused Steven Hatfill of being behind the 2001 anthrax-filled letter attacks. He was compensated with $4.6 million.

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woYLJ TIL in WW2 2/3 of all US pilots died during accidents and half of them were within the US
p8OjG TIL that Robert Downey Jr. was paid $10M for only 8 minutes of screen time in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’. He got paid over $1 million per minute he's in the movie.
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