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TIL a computer tech forgot to install some new code in a server. This resulted in a high speed stock trading company that did $21 billion in daily trades to go bankrupt in 45 minutes

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yQdp TIL that the reason one is 1, two is 2, three is 3, etc. is because the ancient Arabic versions of 0-9 numbers had the corresponding number of angles in their symbols. (1 has one angle, 2 has two, and so on)
o68A TIL of Edward VIII who held the title of King of England for just 11 months. He abdicated the throne so that he could marry a woman the British government did not approve of as she had been divorced. They remained married until his death.
Y79Yv TIL "I've Never Met a Nice South African" was a 1986 anti-apartheid song where the songs narrator states that despite the numerous unlikely things they've seen they've never met a nice South African. The chorus has South Africans describing themselves as "arrogant bastards who hate black people"
LkbPZ TIL that one Golden poison frog contains enough toxin to kill 10 to 20 people. It can be found in the Pacific coast region of Colombia in South America and is a social animal—living in groups of up to six frogs.
Wj4N TIL that the Kurdish police force in Northern Syria is trained in non-violent conflict resolution as well as feminist theory before being allowed access to a weapon.