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TIL a man from New Jersey purchased a $5 bottle of orange juice from Shoprite. His wife deemed it too costly and sent him back for a refund, as it was on sale for $2.50 elsewhere. The man used the cash to buy two lottery tickets and won $315.3 million.

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