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

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wLrK1 TIL, that an Italian banker, Gilberto Baschiera is considered a modern-day Robin Hood. Over the course of 7 years, he secretly diverted 1 million euros to poorer clients from the wealthy ones so they could qualify for loans. He made no profit and avoided jail in 2018 due to a plea bargain.
OoOMe TIL that r-process - happening during supernova/neutron-star merger, is responsible for the creation of approximately half of the atomic nuclei heavier than iron
D9Le TIL that during the first Gulf War, the Iraqi military would dispense propaganda pamphlets and radio spots aimed at US soldiers that said that while they were in Iraq fighting “their wives were in bed with Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, and Bart Simpson” back at home…
EgklP TIL that in Medieval Rome, the Colisseum was home to hundreds of people living inside its walls, being rented away by a nearby convent that maintained the ruins. It had a network of sewage pipes, horse stables, and people built new walls for their homes.
yQbp TIL that NBA changed the rules so that players can only shoot from the free throw line because Wilt Chamberlain used to do a standing slam dunk from the free throw line.