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[–] Matombo@feddit.org 6 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Even "better": https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates

The renaming is based on a meta study that found that about 20% of all studies involving these genes had errors traced back to excel converting them to dates.