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TIL speed cameras were patented before most people had even seen a car

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OoylL TIL that the popularity of salt and pepper as near universal table condiments was due to Louis XIV who considered most other forms of seasoning a vulgar act. Today, over 27,000 tons of black pepper is consumed by US alone.
oRoV7 TIL what a trade deficit actually is.
4krbb TIL in 1845 a suspension bridge crowded with children collapsed under their weight killing 79. They had gathered to watch a clown in a barrel being pulled by geese down the river.
Qdd TIL the coroner’s report revealed Whitney Houston wore full dentures, probably as a direct result of her drug use.
rNEXe TIL that jukeboxes in the 1940s and 50s sometimes contained a "silent" record so someone could choose to turn the music off for a bit.