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TIL accusations from hundreds that their Toyotas were suddenly and uncontrollably accelerating caused a recall of 10mil cars and over a billion in fines for Toyota.. but was ultimately shown to be caused by driver error

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apyL TIL Sacha Baron Cohen received a letter from a lawyer saying he was being sued for $100,000 for his role in Borat. The lawyer added “P.S. Loved the movie. Can you sign a poster for my son Jeremy?”
0w1j1 TIL the publication of a global study on cocaine use by the World Health Organization was banned in 1995. Excerpts from the study conflicted with accepted views such as "occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems"
epE4 TIL that the Honest Ed’s dollar store in Toronto keeps two professional sign painters on staff to hand-paint dozens of signs every day to advertise the store’s specials.
BEVL TIL that Federal employees will go unpaid for an unknown amount of time if the US government shuts down next week. Except for members of Congress.
X0aeR TIL: It has been proposed that Eva Perón may have been given a prefrontal lobotomy in the last months of her life "to relieve the pain, agitation and anxiety she suffered in the final months of her illness"