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TIL American's spend $6.232 Billion on speeding tickets per year

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6ENOX TIL for centuries Scottish kings were crowned will sitting upon the Stone of Destiny also know as the Stone of Scone, a 500 lb rectanglar stone slab. It was captured by a British king in 1296 and has subsequently been used in the corination of many British royals, most recently Queen Elizabeth II.
Lk88P TIL that a woman was jailed for killing her two infants soon after their birth as chances of natural death happening was 1 in 73Mil. She was released after 3 years after finding out that math was faulty and it hadn't considered genetic or environmental factors. She died soon of mental trauma.
GYB1G TIL there was an attack on the United States Capitol building in 1954 by Puerto Rican nationalists that resulted in 5 congressmen being shot
LQpkv TIL On 911, US Speaker Hasert desperately tried to contact the Vice President to discuss emergency operations at the US Capitol until his phone line was interrupted. Thinking it was coming from the White House, he answered, only to discover a random citizen complaining about high taxes and pollution
D1rWg TIL Ruby Bridges, one of the first black children to integrate New Orleans’ all white public school system, is only 66 years old.