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TIL HSBC Bank was caught laundering billions of dollars in drug money. No one went to jail.

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e0VX6 TIL Roller Coaster tycoon was programmed by one guy. In Assembly!
d88W9 TIL in 1997, comedian Dana Carvey underwent heart bypass surgery for a blocked coronary artery, but the surgeon operated on the wrong artery. Carvey, later suffering from angina pectoris, sued for medical malpractice and was awarded millions in damages. He donated the money to charity.
N7EZP An allergy-triggered sneeze can still help spread COVID-19.
b9kyQ TIL in Ontario, anyone living within 50km of a nuclear plant can order free iodine tablets for use in the event of a nuclear accident. Anyone within 10km receives them by mail automatically.
epKED TIL that the condor cluster is a U.S. army supercomputer made up of 1760 PlayStation 3s from 2010