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TIL in the 6 months after they installed 20 speed cameras in NYC school zones, the city gave out more than 100k tickets equal to $5.3 million in fines

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a8paJ TIL after the outlaw George Parrott was executed in 1881, his skull was used as an ashtray, and his skin was made into a pair of shoes and a medicine bag. The doctor who performed the autopsy later became Governor of Wyoming and wore the shoes to his inaugural ball.
oEY8 TIL Joseph Williams contributed the “singing voice” for adult Simba in The Lion King. Joseph was the lead singer for the band Toto, who wrote a hit song called “Africa.”
5dbn TIL that Immanuel Kant, one of the most influential philosophers in history, never traveled more than a few miles outside his home city of Königsberg in his 79 years of life.
kJ0pm TIL that a 2014 study showed that many human subjects preferred to give themselves a mild electric shock rather than being left alone with their own thoughts
6Erym TIL that the creators of South Park have hidden “visitors” in at least 75 episodes of the show. Sometimes they are mixed into a crowd, on everyday objects, or just extremely well hidden.