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TIL the national speed limit was set at 55mph not for safety reasons, but to conserve fuel

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BgNWW TIL that as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Abe Fortas, attended White House staff meetings & discussed private Supreme Court deliberations with President Johnson
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