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TIL PayPal accidentally credited a man $92 quadrillion (the money was quickly removed). He was the richest man for two minutes.

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v1Z77 TIL famed EC Comics artist John Severin refused to draw any horror stories for moral reasons. When publisher William Gaines suggested he was making excuses and just couldn't draw the style, Severin drew something so horrific that it gave Gaines nightmares.
5YjxD TIL that a Colombian woman was raised by Capuchin monkeys for 5 years after being abandoned in the jungle. She learned to scale trees, catch birds and rabbits with her bare hands, and lived as one of them until she was discovered by hunters.
VwVm TIL that Vladimir Arutyunian threw a grenade 65 feet from President Bush in 2005 at a speech in Georgia. The grenade malfunctioned and did not detonate.
69X5X TIL about the Martyrs of Nowogródek, eleven Catholic nuns who sacrificed their lives to take the place of 120 Polish civilians condemned to die at the hands of Nazi Gestapo. Immediately after they prayed, the Gestapo suddenly released the civilians, & without warning, rounded up & executed the nuns.
K0VG TIL that ESPN boxing analyst and trainer Teddy Atlas once held a .38 caliber handgun to Mike Tyson’s head after Tyson touched Atlas’ 11 year old relative on the butt.