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TIL that the 2009–2011 Toyota recalls affected 9 million vehicles, and investigations revealed that unintended acceleration was mostly due to mechanical issues or driver error, not electronic defects

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E1llw TIL that a few months into the Flint Water Crisis, GM's truck assembly plant stopped using municipal tap water for production because it was corroding engine components
j68pp TIL about a documentary called Titicut Follies, directed by Frederick Wiseman. The documentary took a look at the conditions inside Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Massachusetts. In 1967, a judge issued an injunction that prohibited the film from being shown to the public.
815Z TIL North Korea called the United States a “human rights graveyard” over Ferguson
w86o TIL an iPhone Has about 240,000 times more memory than Voyager 1 which has less than 40KB.
xVBn5 TIL the PHSCC and NOAACOC are members of the Uniformed Services of the US, but are not part of the US military.