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TIL The UK Has More Speed Cameras Than US

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7rVKr TIL about the halfway to hell club. It was an exclusive club formed by men who, while constructing the Golden Gate Bridge, fell from it but were saved by it's safety nets.
DQpgJ TIL that the word Blockbuster comes from an actual bomb used during WWII.
wolL8 TIL the Picturephone, the first two way video communication device, was debuted in 1964 by Bell Labs. The device was withdrawn from the market in the early 70s as a commercial failure.
0w5Wp TIL country music artist Glen Campbell's heartbreaking song "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" was written for his wife after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
AvEd TIL almost 17 million children in the USA lack reliable daily access to food