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Imagine logging into your bank account and seeing that you’d been transferred $10 million instead of the $100 you were expecting.
Would you go ahead and bravely spend it?
Or would you be honest and return it?
This was the real-life situation faced by a Melbourne woman who was expecting a $100 refund from Crypto.com, a cryptocurrency exchange.
Instead of a refund of $100 into her crypto account, Thevamanogari Manivel was accidentally refunded $10.4 million.
You may recall the Crypo.com ad from last year featuring Bourne Identity actor Matt Damon saying that “fortune favours the brave” and how history will remember those who “embrace the moment and commit”.
— Mike Koehl (@mpk62) August 31, 2022
(Watch the ad and the parody version at the end of the article.)
So did she spend the $10 million?
Well Manivel certainly made a brave choice and committed, though probably not in the way Matt was suggesting.
It's reported she took her millions and went on a spending spree, sharing the money with her family and also buying her sister a million dollar home.
It took the company seven months to discover the error, and of course they took Manivel to court to get their money back.
A judge has ordered her to pay it all back with interest and also pay for legal costs.
Oops. Guess it wasn’t a brave thing to do after all.
Moral of the story: Perhaps don’t let Matt Damon inspire you to be brave. 😂
Send Jason Bourne to get the money back.
— RT🇺🇲 (@rtoh) September 1, 2022
Lol the crypto experiment is going well.
— Walter Sobchak (@WalterSobchakSr) August 31, 2022
Check out the Crypto.com ad with Matt Damon, and then the hilarious parody version:
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Do you think you could make a good spy? The Australian Mint will put your skills to the ultimate test.
This 50 cent coin that is covered in secret code has been released to acknowledge the 75th anniversary of the Australian Signals Directorate who are responsible for signals intelligence, cyber warfare and cyber security.
The ASD collaborated with the Royal Australian Mint to design the cryptic coin, which has four layers of code which are all unique and if broken they contain special messages about ASD. Each code can be solved only if Australians are in possession of of the coins.
“ASD has a long history that all Australians can be proud of, helping to protect the nation from foreign threats, and keeping us safer by preventing and disrupting online threats including cyber criminals,” said Rachel Noble PSM, ASD’s Director-General.
“This exciting coin release challenges Australians to engage with the sorts of problem-solving that our talented people at ASD do every day, and might even be a pointer to a new career with us for those who can crack it.”
Royal Australian Mint CEO Leigh Gordon said developing the coin was a complex task as it was critical each different code was clearly identifiable.
“While the 50 cent piece is Australia’s biggest coin, it still doesn’t have a lot of surface area,” said Mr Gordon. “Ensuring people could see the code to decrypt it was one of the challenges our people were able to solve with ASD, to create a unique and special product.”
“Though some coding for the coin originated with the Roman Empire, there is remarkably still a place for them in modern intelligence,” said Ms Noble. “I am immensely impressed of the people who work at ASD and this coin celebrates their work, as well as giving all Australians a glimpse of our history of protecting the nation from harm.”
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In scenes that remind us of Horror films like "Alien" or at the very least the plant from "The Little Shop of Horrors," one creature has been dubbed "the Scariest Creature on Earth".
The video above features a Green Goby Eel, but a rare variety was spotted recently and unusually in a lake in China and is identified as a Purple Goby Eel.
When you take a look into its hungry mouth full of sharp teeth, the creature's expressions instantly make you feel like it could have just burst out of someone's chest and is ready to chase Sigorney Weaver down some spaceship corridors.
Watch the creature in this video to understand why it could be mistaken for a monster from an alien world.
This species of eel is native to coastal waters and estuaries around India from Bangladesh to Myanmar.
Fear not though as the poor little thing can only grow to around 25 cm and its vicious teeth although very sharp are used for scraping algae off rocks.
Is it just me or is it that the more you look at the video, the cuter it gets?
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Australia is getting it’s very own Dolly Parton festival this September!
The festival is rolling into the town of Narromine which is located approximately 40 kilometres west of Dubbo in New South Wales.
The festival swings into action on Friday the 30th of September with a free viewing of 'Gnomoe and Juliet' then on Saturday the packed schedule includes a street market, live music, family friendly events and an evening adult only festival.
During the festival there will be live music from country music artists including Kirsty Lee Akers and Amy Ryan, a drag performance from Timberlina as well as impersonators and tribute acts.
Attendees are also highly encouraged to throw on their best Dolly or Kenny Rogers costumes as part of the best dressed competition which will be judged by none other than Rowdie Walden and Abbie Chatfield.
Image : Courtesy of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy via AP (aap)
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