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TIL New York Times author Timothy O'Brien wrote that Donald Trump “only” had 250 million dollars, so Trump sued him for five billion.

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69QWX TIL: The autocorrect feature in Excel, which converts certain combinations into dates, has mangled up to 30% of published papers, causing significant issues. As a result, at least 27 gene symbols have been forced to change to prevent further errors from occurring.
47Ow TIL of Angel’s Glow, a condition observed in soldiers at the Battle of Shiloh, when their wounds began to glow blue and heal faster. In 2001, a 17yo discovered it was caused by nematode vomit, the beneficial bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens.
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