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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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9Y6vQ Durian stinks so badly that it's banned from hotels and mass transit in parts of Southeast Asia, yet it's regarded by some as a delicacy.
OoDme TIL the farthest a person has ever fallen and survived is at least 33,330 feet. Serbian flight attendant Vesna Vulovic was blown out of a plane when a bomb went off in its baggage compartment in 1972. She had no memory of the event and wasn't afraid to fly afterward.
b6oQ TIL that actor Kevin Spacey has kept his private life as secret as possible and says “The less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen.”
MeOV TIL that despite occasionally smoking in movies Clint Eastwood is a lifetime non-smoker
oXK7 TIL that seafood eaters ingest up to 11,000 tiny pieces of plastic every year - Researchers from the University of Ghent in Belgium believe that microplastics accumulate in the body over time and could be a long term health risk