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TIL Hackers Spoiled Their $1 Billion Bank Heist With a Typo

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8aGWK TIL that a study performed by the University of Texas has concluded that when surgeons listen to their preferred music, their stitches are better and faster
4XZjJ TIL the original Routemaster double-decker buses in London could carry over 60 people with a single 115 hp engine
neamW TIL that teen suffered third-degree burns after a brief encounter with a giant hogweed while gardening for his summer job. Giant hogweed is federally listed as a dangerous, noxious plant, and this is because contact with its sap can cause the skin to be extra sensitive to sunlight.
W7VRY TIL that the cotton in your pill bottles should always be thrown out. Once they were used to stop medication from knocking about the bottle and crumbling, but are now coated to avoid this. Today, the cotton ball can only serve as a moisture trap that may compromise your medications/vitamins.
p8D6Z TIL that in 1995 in Cambodia, a same-sex marriage was legally recognized by the Cambodian government despite same-sex marriage being constitutionally banned.