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TIL a rock shot from a lawn mower can have the same force as a bullet from a .357 magnum

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E1Ppo TIL of the speed camera lottery in Stockholm, Sweden. Drive at or under the speed limit and you'll be entered into a lottery where the prize fund comes from the fines that speeders pay. Average speed reduced from 32km/h to 25km/h (a reduction of 22%)
BgboD TIL the first snowboarders in the 1960s were often kicked off ski resorts for being “too unruly” and “dangerous to skiing culture.” It wasn’t until the late 1980s that most resorts fully accepted snowboarding.
MeJ98 TIL Belgium closed its last coal power station in 2016...
mG7O TIL in the US west of Washington DC there’s a National Radio Quiet Zone - 13,000 square miles (34,000 sq km) of radio silence where cellphones are banned
R7nQj TIL A swarm of 20,000 bees once followed a car for two days because their queen was inside the car