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TIL Tesla has the highest fatal accident rate of all auto brands. Tesla vehicles have a fatal crash rate of 5.6 per billion miles driven, according to the study.

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ol6Y TIL the Airbus 340 is the only airline passenger jet with no accidents
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696Kl TIL that In 2008 Singer Boy George was arrested and convicted for falsely imprisoning a male Escort after chaining him to a radiator and beating him with a chain. He was sentenced to 15 months in jail but was released in 4 for good behavior
Ow96 TIL that in 1952, a French man used a contagious and deadly virus to kill rabbits on his estate. It spread out of control, killing up to 98% of rabbits in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Britain. He was later given a medal by the head of the Department of Rivers and Forests.
AN5Wx TIL Amalgam (silver colored tooth fillings) are partially made of mercury and each year 3.6 million tons of mercury are released into the environment from cremations of people with these fillings