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Although Apple said 8GB was the maximum a 2.4GHz Core2Duo Macbook Pro 13" mid-2010 could handle, the Intel chip inside could support 16GB.

I have one of these machines. That 16GB RAM bump and an SSD has resulted in it still being usable, 12 years after I bought it.

Ditto! Resource heavy web apps used to make the laptop creak a bit but for 95% of tasks it was a solid machine.

Wow. How has the battery in your MacBook Pro not died after 12 years?

For me, had to replace the battery but just once so far during keyboard replacement.

Did result in losing the power up button (which had a fingerprint mechanism in it).

This is true for many older Apple products. I have a similarly aged Mac Mini that officially only supports 8GB but took 16GB without problems