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TIL Volkswagen paid a $120k fine to the EPA in 1973 for using “defeat devices” to disable pollution-control systems

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PYvRn TIL that Steve-O, member of the Jackass crew, was; born in London, his first words were in Portuguese, and he was fluent in Spanish by age 4.
BgMab TIL that the FCC has a publicly-accessible map which shows all areas where high-speed internet access is offered by ISPs, and which specific services they offer, and it includes nearly all street addresses in the US
Z8ZYB TIL that notorious mafia boss "Lucky" Luciano aided the WWII effort from his prison cell by ordering his men to protect the East Coast from foreign invasion and convincing his Italian mafia contacts to help the Allies during their invasion of Sicily
Bgld TIL that McDonald’s in Venezuela charge the US equivalent of over $15 for a Big Mac.
8akBb TIL the US Army experimented with using "platoons" of geese to guard sites run by the 32nd Air Defense Command