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TIL the European Union will require "speed limiters" in all cars by 2022. The technology uses road sign and GPS data to determine the legal speed limit and prevents the vehicle from exceeding the legal limit.

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d874Z TIL Robin Williams was interested for the role of Hagrid (Harry Potter) but was rejected due to the "all-British and Irish cast" policy
Y7K4A TIL tourists thrown an average of €1.5million into Rome's Trevi Fountain each year. The money is collected and donated to charity, providing some 52,800 meals at local soup kitchen in 2023 alone.
5YjEr TIL about the Secret Museum in Naples that houses artifacts taken from Pompeii that were deemed too pornographic and unsuitable for the public by archaeologists. Until 1980 only men with written permission from a minister of the king’s household could view the collection.
WpBA TIL dice predate recorded history
9wJZG TIL Highway hypnosis, also known as white line fever, is an altered mental state in which a person can drive a car, truck, or other automobile great distances, responding to external events in the expected, safe, and correct manner with no recollection of having consciously done so.