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TIL of the Solomon curve. The safest speed to travel at is five miles over the speed limit.

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90p7 TIL when the city of Philadelphia announced plans for a $1,000,000 renovation of LOVE Park to get rid of skateboarders, a streetwear shoe company offered $1,000,000 to rehabilitate and clean the park instead. The park’s 92-year-old designer also protested by skating in the park.
nvxo TIL the US and Australia are geographically almost the same size
j6ZWM TIL that over half of the US state names came from Native American terms/expressions
K7ga TIL Michael Keaton wasn’t surprised that he was cast as Batman as he initially believed the movie would be like the 1960s tv version with Adam West and only later learned that Batman was a much darker character
PYYmO TIL a guy pretended to be the nonexistent Prince of Montenegro and Macedonia for years, going to countless events for free and mixing with the elites of Mediterranean Europe