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Death of a Literal Snakeoil Salesman:
Mr. Haast was bitten at least 173 times by poisonous snakes, about 20 times almost fatally. It was all in a day’s work for probably the best-known snake handler in the country, a scientist-cum-showman who made enough money from milking toxic goo from slithery serpents to buy a cherry-red Rolls-Royce convertible.
A secret of his success was the immunity he had built up by injecting himself every day for more than 60 years with a mix of venoms from 32 snake species. He suspected the inoculations might have explained his extraordinarily good health, but he was reluctant to make that claim, he said, until he reached 100.
He died at 100 of natural causes.
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Stupid is as stupid does:
Of course if you are sent a package in error through the USPS, you can keep the item, as long as it has your name on the package. If you receive an item by mistake in an order, you can also keep the item. Yours truly many years ago received a gold bracelet she did not order, and the links were in the shape of horseshoes, believe it or not! Of course she kept it.
However, a bank deposit is a completely different ballgame. This idiot deserves to have the book thrown at him. It is like people trying to cash a fake check.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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