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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sfinx_the_Pirate on 2025-03-25 06:31:01+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1978, a 30 people hostage situation in Melbourne was resolved when the perpetrators mother stormed the place, hit him over the head with her handbag and told him to “stop being so stupid”.