› added 4 years ago

111

TIL that after being caught driving at 290km/h (180mph) in Switzerland, a man was fined $1,000,000, the most expensive speeding ticket ever given. He was driving so quickly that several older-model speed cameras were unable to detect him. The driver claimed that his cars speedometer was broken.

Read more motor1.com

via reddit.com

yQZLp TIL in 1649 King Charles I was tried for treason and other high crimes. The King responded in his trial "the King can do no wrong" and therefore couldn't be tried or convicted. Ten days later he was beheaded.
Wvk9 TIL backwards-facing airplane seats are 10 times safer, but passengers do not want them
YplxP TIL the soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Boothe was given the nickname "Lincoln's Avenger"
NB91 TIL Matt Smith was almost cast as Doctor Watson in Sherlock, because Martin Freeman was so grumpy in his audition
PYRbe TIL that, to prevent the spread of methane, the Darva gas crater was intentionally set ablaze for three weeks. In 1971. It's been burning for 50 years.