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TIL of Ken Hechtman who as a student at Columbia stole Uranium 238 was expelled. Then proceeded to break into Area 51, Yucca Flat Test Site, and was present at Timothy McVeigh’s execution. After 9/11 he entered Afghanistan illegally and was captured by the Taliban.

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