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

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Axxo TIL in 2012 a man intentionally jumped off of the monorail at the Bronx Zoo into the tiger exhibit, to be ‘one with the tiger’. He survived, and when the police asked him why he did it he replied “everyone in life makes choices”.
oB8O7 TIL that Frank Sinatra's father owned a speakeasy named M.O.B. Association. Rumor has it that it was associated with the mob.
VMNNZ Today I learned that chocolate milk is actually more nutritious than orange juice.
9Y9vX TIL that Iceland has largest banana plantation in Europe. They use geothermal energy to heat greenhouses, allowing for the production of tropical fruits like banananas.
W4pd TIL that the Concorde used more fuel taxiing to the end of the runway than a Boeing 737 needs to fly all the way from London to Amsterdam