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Man Accidentally Donates $15K to GoFundMe, Goes Viral

Man's Generous Donation Ends
Up Being a Little Too Generous

Man's Generous Donation Ends Up Being a Little Too Generous

Californian meant to donate $150, sent $15K instead—but the story has a happy ending for all

(Newser) - A California man who wanted to help his neighbor with a donation ended up mistakenly being a little too generous—but the story has a happy ending on all counts. A man who's IDing himself simply as Michael first relayed his overspending tale on Reddit last month, explaining how...

Someone Etched a Typo Into Wall of New NYC Terminal

In NYC's $11B Terminal,
'We Clearly F-ed This One Up'

Jan 31, 2023 1:04 PM CST

In NYC's $11B Terminal, 'We Clearly F-ed This One Up'

Artist Georgia O'Keeffe's name is spelled wrong

(Newser) - Somebody might want to buy the MTA a big, fat F—as a grade in spelling, or to etch into the shiny new walls of its $11.1 billion, typo-marred Long Island Rail Road terminal Grand Central Madison. The problem? Etched into the stone wall is this 1928 quote: "...

1631 Bible Is Missing
a Very Important Word

1631 Bible Is Missing a Very Important Word

'Wicked Bible' dropped word 'not,' inadvertently encouraged adultery

(Newser) - It's considered "one of the most serious blunders in publishing history," according to the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. But also one of the funniest: A Bible printed in England in 1631 left out the word "not" in the Seventh Commandment and thus instructed readers:...

He Tried to Sell an NFT for $300K. It Didn't End Well

NFT Sale Goes Awry: 'Just
Like That, $250K Was Gone'

Dec 14, 2021 11:55 AM CST

NFT Sale Goes Awry: 'Just Like That, $250K Was Gone'

'Fat-finger' error led seller of Bored Ape item to mistakenly dump it for $3K

(Newser) - The Verge blames it on a misplaced decimal point. CNBC similarly lays the blame on a "fat-finger" error. However the asking price for a recently sold NFT came to be, it wasn't the seller's intention, and now he's out hundreds of thousands of dollars because of...

DA: Typo on Man's Death
Certificate Gave Away His Con

Jul 22, 2020 12:44 PM CDT

DA: Typo on Man's Death Certificate Gave Away His Con

Long Island's Robert Berger is accused of faking his own death to get out of other charges

(Newser) - A Long Island criminal defendant tried faking his death to avoid a jail sentence, but the phony death certificate his lawyer submitted had a glaring spelling error that made it a dead giveaway for a fraud, prosecutors said Tuesday. Robert Berger, 25, of Huntington, New York, now faces up to...

Australia's Most Popular Banknote Has a Mistake

Australia's $50 Bill Has a Typo.
Nobody Noticed for Months

May 9, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

Australia's $50 Bill Has a Typo. Nobody Noticed for Months

In fairness, you need a magnifying glass to spot 'responsibilty'

(Newser) - When Australia's new $50 banknote was unveiled last year, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation predicted readers would not be able to spot all the birds on it. Turns out, there is something more interesting to spot—a typo, even if you need a magnifying glass to see it. See a...

He Got a Bachelor Party Invite in Error. He's Going Anyway

An Email Typo Just Made This
Guy a Bunch of New Friends

An Email Typo Just Made This Guy a Bunch of New Friends

Arizona's Will Novak is flying to a stranger's bachelor party after being invited by mistake

(Newser) - Folks in the Grand Canyon State sure get a lot of surprise invitations. Two years after an Arizona grandmother mistakenly invited the wrong "grandson" to Thanksgiving, a Phoenix man named Will Novak received an invite meant for a different Will Novak to a ski weekend bachelor party in Vermont—...

Ohio University Freshman's
Blunder on a Paper Goes Viral

Ohio University Freshman's Blunder on a Paper Goes Viral

Zoey Oxley forgot her professor's name, with comical results

(Newser) - If Monday is getting you down, we're here to supply you with a chuckle, which comes compliments of Ohio University. John Hendel is a first-year MFA student there, and received an email from a freshman in the performance studies class he's teaching, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer . BuzzFeed has...

Head-Smacking
Moment for Airline,
Its Brand-New Plane

Head-Smacking Moment for Airline, Its Brand-New Plane

It's Cathay Pacific, not Paciic, guys

(Newser) - Proofreaders are important. That's the message Cathay Pacific is likely contemplating today after incredulous travelers spotted one of its new planes on the tarmac at Hong Kong International Airport, the airline's name misspelled in large letters on the side of the aircraft (see a picture here ). Missing...

One Letter on 2 Road Signs
Causes Grief for Calif. Officials

Jun 27, 2017 8:10 AM CDT

One Letter on 2 Road Signs Causes Grief for Calif. Officials

Misspelling of 'Del Rey Oaks' on Highway One signage will be expensive to fix

(Newser) - Grammar gurus may well know "i before e except after c," but "a instead of e" is what has California Department of Transportation officials smacking their heads. Two new road signs were erected along Highway One in Sand City earlier this month, both alerting drivers to Exit...

Target's
Boston Pride
Shirts Are
Pretty Messed Up

Mar 16, 2017 6:08 AM CDT

Target's Boston Pride Shirts Are Pretty Messed Up

They're now getting pulled

(Newser) - If a company plans to help customers showcase their "local pride," said company should probably have some basic local knowledge. That might not have been the case with Target, whose series of flawed, Boston-themed T-shirts came under attack this week. A Twitter user was among the first to...

Official Inauguration Poster
Had to Be Pulled Quickly

Feb 13, 2017 5:00 AM CST

Official Inauguration Poster Had to Be Pulled Quickly

Library of Congress item had a typo

(Newser) - The feds had a bad proofreading weekend. The Library of Congress had to yank an inauguration poster from its online shop Sunday night after social media users spotted a typo, reports the Hill . "No dream is too big, no challenge is to great. Nothing we want for the future...

Harry Potter Typo
Could Make You
$34K Richer

Aug 12, 2016 7:05 AM CDT

Harry Potter Typo Could Make You $34K Richer

First edition copy will be sold in November

(Newser) - It might be time to revisit your old copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. A hardcover first edition of the book, published in 1997, is expected to fetch up to $33,700 (or about 4,585 Galleons ) at a Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale in...

Famous New York
Bridge's Name
Is Actually
52-Year-Old Typo

Jun 9, 2016 3:01 PM CDT

Famous New York Bridge's Name Is Actually 52-Year-Old Typo

And one proud Italian-American is out to change that

(Newser) - We've all been guilty of a typo or two, but usually they don't cost $4 million to fix. CBS New York reports a Brooklyn college student is petitioning to correct the 52-year-old misspelling of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The bridge, which opened in 1964 and connects Brooklyn and Staten...

Time's Full-Page
WSJ Ad Has Big Typo

May 25, 2016 12:19 PM CDT

Time's Full-Page WSJ Ad Has Big Typo

Really, editor's?

(Newser) - Go big or go home, they say—though in this case, someone may be going home for good after a big mistake in a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal. The Time Inc. promo for Motto , its new website geared toward millennial women, appeared in Tuesday's print edition...

$1B Bank Heist
Thwarted by ... a Typo

$1B Bank Heist Thwarted by ... a Typo

Hackers still made off with $81M, say officials

(Newser) - Hackers helped themselves to $81 million from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last month—but the massive theft could have been far worse if not for a typo, reports Reuters . Investigators say the heist began when the hackers breached the security systems of Bangladesh Bank and then, posing...

Tiniest of Typos
Looms Large on
College Billboard

Dec 29, 2015 1:22 PM CST

Tiniest of Typos Looms Large on College Billboard

Yep, apostrophes matter, as the University of South Dakota has discovered

(Newser) - A University of South Dakota billboard erected east of Sioux Falls on Interstate 90 boasts that it's the "Best in the Dakota's," adding an apostrophe that shouldn't be there, the Argus Leader reports. The director of the university's marketing department tells the Leader that...

How a Missing 'S' Killed
a 134-Year-Old Company

Jan 28, 2015 12:34 PM CST

How a Missing 'S' Killed a 134-Year-Old Company

Court rules in Taylor & Sons' favor

(Newser) - There are bad typos and there are bad typos. This story is a case of the latter. Taylor & Sons is a Welsh engineering firm founded in 1875; on Feb. 20, 2009, Companies House, the UK agency that incorporates and dissolves limited companies, listed it as being "wound up,...

Sheriff's Rug
Typo: 'In Dog
We Trust'

Jan 14, 2015 7:00 PM CST

Sheriff's Rug Typo: 'In Dog We Trust'

Sheriff in Pinellas County, Florida, will replace

(Newser) - Maybe the K-9 unit could use it? A new rug in the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office in Florida proudly proclaimed "In Dog We Trust," reports WFTS-TV . The best part is that the rug in the sheriff's administration building in Largo was in place for several weeks...

Rockies Make
an Epic Typo—
on 15K Jerseys

Jul 27, 2014 10:13 AM CDT

Rockies Make an Epic Typo— on 15K Jerseys

Troy Tulowitzki's name is light one 't'

(Newser) - The Colorado Rockies love their All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki so much that at last night's game the team gave out 15,000 replica jerseys—emblazoned with his name spelled as Tulowizki. The rather large-scale typo was in fact noticed, the Rockies say, but they decided to go ahead with...