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TIL that LA libraries started "The Great Read Away" program that allows kids to read books to clear their late fees. In the first six months of the program over 3,500 previously "locked accounts" had been cleared, and now 80% of parents are more likely to let their kids go to the library.

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R5Z1 TIL that if you put a bottle of champagne into a microwave it doesn’t simply explode- the entire microwave blows up.
xVj17 TIL the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico burns a 50 foot puppet each year, named Zozobra, to burn away their worries from the previous year. They have done so since 1924.
78kGP TIL that Rocky Marciano when knocking out opponent Rex Layne, dislodged four of Layne’s teeth which flew alongside his mouthpiece out of the ring.
WkmgL TIL American currency went as high as $10,000, with $5,000, $1,000 and $500 bills also in circulation. They were discontinued in 1969 for “lack of use.”
oB4lo TIL To try to combat mosquito outbreaks, Disney World monitors coops of “sentinel chickens” that are stationed around the park. If a mosquito-borne virus shows up in the chickens’ blood, Disney doubles down on its bug-slaying efforts in the area.