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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.

0dMKL TIL the USA isn't the only country in the world
e06Gg TIL if "Jedi" was accepted as a religion by New Zealand's 2001 census, it would have been the second-largest religion behind Christianity in NZ
l778A TIL about Nigel, the “World's loneliest bird' who fell in love with a concrete replica and died beside it.
W0vX TIL There is gum from Japan that acts as deodorant making your whole body smell good
WAOo TIL Texas maintains a database of death row inmates’ last words