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  "textContent": "Peak Ong, a 72-year-old cleaner at Aberystwyth University in Wales, won £264,442.09 from the school after a dispute that started with a banned rice cooker ended in her firing and a vindictive job reference.\n\nCatherine Green, Ong's manager, accused her of giving a rice cooker to a student living in university dorms, where they're banned. — Read the rest \n\nThe post How a banned rice cooker cost a Welsh university £264,442 appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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