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TIL there are as many smokers in China as as there are people in the United States

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xV9p7 TIL that Robert Downey Jr. only got clean because his girlfriend (now wife) saw him on drugs, then gave him an ultimatum of quitting or losing her. He stopped at a Burger King on the coast and threw his drugs in the ocean. She is now known around Hollywood as "the Miracle That Saved Robert Downey."
GnDg TIL there are 200,000,000 insects for every one human.
dDmEQ TIL about the TOP 1 Ack Attack, the record holder for world's fastest motorcycle, with a top speed of 394 mph. The Ack Attack is powered by two 1,299 cc Suzuki Hayabusa engines, intercooled with dry ice, that produce over 900 horsepower.
YYEA TIL Luc Besson, director of movie The Fifth Element (1997), left his girlfriend for another woman during filming. The kicker? Both women were actresses in that movie!
brbp TIL that as their senior prank, a group of 90 students walked (between two buildings) across the same street continuously for 15 minutes, using an underground tunnel that connected the two buildings. They continue long enough to cause a traffic jam, and the line of cars extended far down the road.