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TIL Susan Weaver, AKA Sigourney Weaver, began using the name "Sigourney" when she was 14 years old, taking it from a minor character in The Great Gatsby.

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VMGjB TIL the Australian 1 and 2 cent coins were withdrawn from circulation in 1992. The recovered coins were melted down to make the bronze medals for the Sydney 2000 Olympics
BP7e TIL the state of Ohio gives out different colored license plates for those convicted of DUI
oRAv8 TIL Freddy Kruger was originally going to be played by veteran British actor David Warner.
eBPn TIL of the Blue House Raid, an attempt by North Korea to assassinate the South Korean president. The plot was foiled when South Koreans who were captured by the would be assassins were let go with the promise they would not call the police. They called the police.
1awe4 TIL in 2008 a man bought a used car and registered it in his girlfriends name without her knowing. When they broke up one year later he parked it at Chicago’s O'Hare Airport racking up more than $100,000 in parking ticket fines in her name.