u/tyrion2024

TIL when an Illinois man attempted to purchase a lottery ticket, the machine malfunctioned & wouldn't move to the game he wanted, becoming stuck on 'Lotto'. He became a bit frustrated, but he eventually decided to just go with it and buy the 'Lotto' ticket instead, which ended up winning him $9.2m.

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TIL when an Illinois man attempted to purchase a lottery ticket, the machine malfunctioned & wouldn't move to the game he wanted, becoming stuck on 'Lotto'. He became a bit frustrated, but he eventually decided to just go with it and buy the 'Lotto' ticket instead, which ended up winning him $9.2m.

u/tyrion2024 — 5 hours ago

TIL during the £64K round on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' Tony Kennedy incorrectly answered "24" (12) when asked what the minimum number of shots needed to win a set of tennis was. However, the show accepted it and he won £125K. Then the show allowed him to keep it because it was their mistake.

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TIL during the £64K round on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' Tony Kennedy incorrectly answered "24" (12) when asked what the minimum number of shots needed to win a set of tennis was. However, the show accepted it and he won £125K. Then the show allowed him to keep it because it was their mistake.

theguardian.com

u/tyrion2024 — 5 hours ago

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TIL Marilyn Hartman (also known as the 'Serial Stowaway') has stowed away, or attempted to do so, on at least 22 commercial flights since 2014. Although, she claims to have boarded at least 30 flights without a ticket. She is reportedly mentally ill and her stowaway conduct is a compulsive behavior.

en.wikipedia.org

u/tyrion2024 — 11 hours ago

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TIL after Lukis Anderson was charged with the murder of Raveesh Kumra based on DNA, it was discovered he'd been in the hospital at the time of the murder. His DNA had been accidentally transferred to the crime scene by paramedics who had treated him a few hours before arriving at Kumra's residence.

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u/tyrion2024 — 11 hours ago

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TIL in 2024 an 18-year-old man was stuck in a Honda Pilot that was inexplicably accelerating without his foot on the gas and could not be slowed by its brakes or e-brake. He and the Pilot reached 113mph before a controlled collision safely ended his unplanned 20-minute drive across state lines.

u/tyrion2024 — 4 days ago

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TIL a group led by two gamblers won $95m in a Texas lottery after organizing the purchase of nearly all of the 26m possible numeric combinations. They took a one-time payout of $57.8m and made about $20m after taxes. The nearly 26m tickets were printed at 4 locations in the 3 days between drawings.

u/tyrion2024 — 4 days ago