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TIL in Finland most fines are tied to the income of the offender to ensure that both they can afford it, and that it will adequately hurt. One Nokia executive was hit with a $103,600 ticket for driving 15kph over the limit believed to be the most expensive speeding ticket ever.

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WkNxA TIL Animals confined to small places in zoos often start exhibiting unnatural repetitive motions or Trichotillomania due to neurosis caused by confinement labeled az zoochosis the zoo equivalent of psychosis
j64nR TIL that in 2018, after a tanker truck fire shut down a freeway in Los Angeles, a taco truck opened up on the freeway
LMxV TIL in 2006, the Indy Car Series switched over to Honda engines and since then, there have been no Indy Car engine failures.
wN6Y TIL that the Slaves Didn’t Build Pyramids of Egypt. They were labourers who were respected for their work and were bestowed the honour of being buried in the tombs near the sacred pyramids of their pharaohs.
JrK4 TIL In Los Angeles you can serve a jail sentence in a much nicer “pay-to-serve” jails for $100. These allow day release for employment, food delivery, and better visiting conditions. Those that can’t pay as much clean the jail.