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TIL Ulysses S. Grant was the first U.S. president to get a speeding ticket in 1872 for driving his horse-drawn carriage too fast.

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wLbK6 TIL due to his fascination with James Bond novels CIA boss Allen Dulles made the CIA attempt to make some of the Bond gadgets in real life. While the poison-tipped shoes reportedly did work in real life, many other gadgets failed to do their job.
XYl8 TIL that in 1987, two North Korean agents planted a bomb on a South Korean passenger airliner, killing all 115 people on board.
6Emg8 TIL the company that developed the first all-wheel drive vehicles was named "Four Wheel Drive", and after their invention the company's name "Four Wheel Drive" became synonymous with all-wheel drive vehicles from any manufacturer.
XEepE TIL throughout the 1970’s the Grateful Dead used a 32ft tall PA system that could deliver perfect sound 600ft away. It had to be hauled in caravans of semi trucks and took 4 hours to assemble. They called it “The Wall of Sound”.
4kKdg TIL Audrey Hepburn was the first actress to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a British Academy Film Award for a single film, which was the romantic comedy "Roman Holiday."