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TIL In Cambridge, Canada you can pay your parking tickets by giving toys of equal value to charity

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WkAa4 TIL John Quincy Adams had a pool table installed in the White House that he enjoyed playing most days. Something his opponents and some dignitaries found scandalous.
mxMYy TIL Isaac Asimov wrote a book named The Sensuous Dirty Old Man and was known as "the man with a hundred hands", in reference to his constant groping and molestation of women.
M7PQB TIL a bank clerk dozed off with his finger on the keyboard and accidentally transferred 222,222,222.22 euros instead of 64.20 euros. His supervisor did not notice the error, approved the transaction, and was fired. The next year, a German labour court ruled the supervisor was unfairly dismissed.
XbYj TIL during his arrest for a DUI, Cake Boss star Buddy Valestro told the cops “You can’t arrest me! I’m the Cake Boss!”
gMQNL TIL precolonial Mesoamerican maps depicted both geographic features AND its history using logographs showing what an area was (i.e. a hill) and what happened there (i.e. glyphs for battles etc). As it told their stories, Native city-states used their city-maps as state symbols, akin to modern flags