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TIL The Northern lights make an audible sound in the atmosphere

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E1EQP TIL an Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to spend day at the "stinkiest, smelliest" section of a landfill, as punishment for animal neglect. "If you puke, you puke"
gLVy TIL the US is finally getting rid of the obsolete swipe-and-sign credit card payment method (starting in October of this year with a ‘liability shift’)
jN9DQ TIL that in gaming, meta is actually an acronym for most effective tactics available
0w6VM TIL Congress wanted to replace the $1 bill. A report by congressional auditors claims that replacing dollar bills with dollar coins could save taxpayers $4.4 billion over 30 years. The coins last for decades, but the bills wear out and replaced every 4 or 5 years. Most Americans oppose the idea.
R75p1 TIL that BMW ran an advertisement on April Fools Day 2015 that read "April Fool's Day Special - Come with any old car and receive a brand new BMW". One woman turned up with her old Nissan and got a brand new BMW with the number plate "NOF00L"