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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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PXyg TIL that as of 2003, there were between 50 and 100 people in the US who had nuclear-powered pacemakers.
1axJX TIL that Exxon used to be known as Esso, a phonetic spelling of "S.O." for Standard Oil after it was forced to break up into 34 smaller companies. It is still widely known as Esso outside the US.
9wM97 TIL that some cultures didn't practice kissing at all before contact with the West, and only half of the world today kisses romantically
j6ynX TIL in Iraq in 2012 over 14 teens were stoned to death for being emo
yQALp TIL about Terry A. Davis, creator of the free operating software Temple OS. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in his early 20's, Davis created the software because he stated that God commanded him to. He was able to finish most of the software by himself before his untimely death in 2018.