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TIL that there was a mysterious case where you testicles would grow uncontrollably

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a8wjZ TIL Timgad ruins are one of the best extant examples of the grid plan as used in Roman town planning and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
dDMlE TIL Crypto.com mistakenly sent a customer $10.5 million instead of an $100 refund by typing the account number as the refund amount. It took Crypto.com 7 months to notice the mistake, they are now suing the customer
oB5bE TIL Continuous ingestion of Colloidal Silver [an alternative medicine] can cause skin to turn an irreversible blue/grey color - a condition called Argyria
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