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TIL Zillion is not a number

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OGAr4 TIL that in 1998, a man named Smokey Nagata from Japan hit 197mph (315kph) in his 1000bhp gold-plated Toyota Supra on UK public roads. He was hit with just a 1-month driving suspension, £155 fine ($200), £35 in court fees, and a 10-year UK ban.
WkgeY TIL: The coldest ever recorded temperature in Singapore is 67F. The warmest temperature is 97F meaning there's only a 30 degree difference between the warmest and coldest temperatures.
X0BJk TIL about Monowi, Nebraska, the smallest town on the US and probably the entire world with a population of ONE (Elsie Eiler, who runs the town bar and the library)
P1P5J TIL That Christopher Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria, sank on Christmas Day 1492 and the salvaged timbers were later used to construct a fort named La Navidad.
p8Xpe TIL that as well as the Oz books, L. Frank Baum wrote a newspaper comic strip called "Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz", in which the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and others visit cities of the United States.