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TIL that software bugs in a radiation therapy machine were responsible for killing 3 people with high doses of radiation

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Ood06 TIL That in 2006 H&R block announced that they had miscalculated their own state taxes, and owed $32 million from the IRS
p89aG TIL jellyfish have been attacking nuclear power plants in Japan and India since the 1960s, with up to 150 tons per day removed from the cooling system of just 1 power plant. In India, workers removed over 4mil jellyfish from screens over the entrances to cooling pipes. That’s 80 tons of jellyfish.
ADQQl TIL that Marilyn Monroe viewed Abraham Lincoln as a father figure once saying “Most people can admire their fathers, but I never had one. I need someone to admire. My father is Abraham Lincoln…I mean I think of Lincoln as my father. He was wise and kind and good. He is my ideal, Lincoln. I love him”
YjM7 TIL President Franklin D. Roosevelt thought every American should own an acre of land so that they could be self-sustaining in case of catastrophe.
J1OmQ TIL: That there's a specie of snakes that resemble giant worms called Amphisbaenia.