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TIL that stop signs have 8 sides because in 1923, it was suggested that the more dangerous an upcoming road was, the more sides a traffic sign should have. Circles (infinite number of sides) designated the riskiest hazards, octagons the second-most dangerous, and rectangles were informational.

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