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TIL Bruce Almighty director Tom Shadyac suffered a head injury in 2007 and completely dropped out of the film industry afterward. He also sold a majority of his possessions and moved into a trailer park.

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6g98 TIL that there are bands of wild macaque monkeys living near the Silver River in Florida, USA.
R7moQ TIL during the American Civil War the Union troops came up with their own version of Dixieland called Union Dixie telling the story of how they felt about their southern counterparts.
x6awk TIL that after the 1955 Le Mans disaster, which resulted in the deaths of ~84 people, several countries like France, Switzerland, Spain banned motorsports. Although the other countries lifted the ban within the next year, Switzerland lifted the ban only in May 2022, 67 years later
VBmZ8 TIL Using cruise control will consume on average 20% less fuel over 18 seconds of drive time
OZY7 TIL that Roy Sullivan is the record holder for most survived lightning strikes. He was struck in a fire lookout tower, in his truck, in his front yard, in a ranger station, twice while driving away from the storm, and immediately after the seventh strike he fought off a bear with a tree branch.