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

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GYxKg TIL that the Queen is the only person in the U.K. who is allowed to drive without a license
yVWZa TIL of Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler, the Chief of the German Military Cabinet who died after performing a ballerina dance in a pink tutu for the Kaiser and his guests. His death was covered up because of fears it would inflame a previous homosexuality scandal in the German military.
WyjX TIL A Dog’s anal glands sometimes need to be manually emptied to avoid discomfort. A sign of discomfort is a dog chasing its tail or dragging its posterior on the ground.
6V4m TIL - Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Aragorn in The Fellowship of the Ring, due to “family obligations”.
EG8w TIL Imgur was created by a redditor as a gift to reddit over 5 years ago.