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TIL about the possibility of “Hypertumors”, when cancer tumor gets so big it itself gets cancer

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v4m8 TIL that a bank worker fell asleep on his keyboard’s number 2 button, causing him to transfer 222,222,222 euros on a transfer that should’ve been worth only 62 euros. A co-worker was later sacked for not spotting the error.
Brgab TIL Spider-Man was molested by his elderly neighbor
Z8yRR TIL that your “Miranda Rights” was named after Ernesto Miranda who wasn’t read his rights prior to confessing to a crime. Years later Ernesto was stabbed to death but when a suspect was arrested, unlike Miranda, he exercised his right to remain silent. With no evidence against him, he was released.
ADxd7 TIL of the theft of the Irish Crown Jewels, stolen in 1907, shortly before the visit of King Edward VII Today they would be valued at several million euro. They were never Recovered.
8egGa TIL Citizen Kane did not win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.