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TIL the largest safety recall in US history occurred because of defective Takata airbags that can deploy explosively and have killed at least 27 people & injured over 400. Overall, 67 million airbags in 42 million vehicles from 34 brands (mostly model years 2002-2015) have been recalled in the US.

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QNeXL TIL Abraham Lincoln melted…his statue that is. No, not THAT statue, but a wax statue of him at a D.C. Elementary school. The artist used wax with a congealing point of 140 degrees, so it wasn’t expected to melt.
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