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TIL Stockholm, Sweden tested a “Speed Camera Lottery” where speed limit-abiding drivers were automatically entered into a drawing to win a prize pool funded out of fines paid by speeders.

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16Zw4 TIL about James Miller aka 'The Fan Man' who in 1993 paraglided into a boxing ring during a heavyweight title fight between Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe. He paraglided over an NFL playoff game, FA cup football match, and Buckingham Palace. He was then banned from re-entering the UK for life.
oBLvL TIL Rugby peaked in popularity in Germany shortly before WW2 with them beating France twice and with the Nazi Minister of War, Albert Speer being a big proponent of the sport. It was decimated after WW2 when a majority of the German players had died
YpvZG TIL of Wolf Cave aka Susiluola, a cave in Finland claiming to have evidence of Neanderthals pre Ice Age. The only known evidence in Nordic countries.
DjPJ TIL Freddie Mercury was an Indian Parsi with the birth name Farrokh Bulsara
wLlkW TIL large schools of fish can accidentally trap themselves in a small area with no way out while attempting to evade predators. If there are too many in a small or enclosed area they can deplete the water of oxygen and they will asphyxiate by the thousands.