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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/rocklou on 2025-02-21 14:45:54+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2001 army major Charles Ingram cheated his way to £1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire by having a fellow contestant cough every time he read the right answer. For one question the coughing came from Ingram’s wife. All three were convicted of fraud.