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TIL that in Finland, speeding tickets are charged as a percentage of your income

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NXMl1 TIL that there is a significant population of people from the Marshall Islands living in Springdale, Arkansas, which started when one guy started working for Tyson Foods and told the people at home that there was ample employment. There's even a Marshallese consulate there.
kJ6Rm TIL the actress who Played Topaz in Thor: Ragnarok also voiced Gramma Tala in Moana
X0D48 TIL that a non-custodial parent kidnapped his two sons from Italy and choose to escape Europe on the Titanic. When the ship sank, the young boys were saved but the father drowned. The now famous boys appeared in Newspapers in Italy and their mothers saw them and reunited.
P1PVw TIL During 2022, over 10,000 fireworks-related injuries were recorded in US hospital emergency departments.
aw4Wy TIL that the pirate Benjamin Hornigold once raided a merchant ship just to steal the hats from the ship's crew because his crew had gotten too drunk the night before and had thrown their hats overboard.