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TIL John Wayne was such a vocal anti-communist that Joseph Stalin contemplated having him assassinated.

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ZpZOG TIL: Of the existence of "Road Trains" mostly used in Australia - they're massive semi-trucks that usually pull up to 4 trailers at once but the world record is a "train" of 112 trailers (1.5km) long.
vNZ4 TIL there is a 36 acre artificial reef in Florida constructed entirely of tires. The “reef” failed as no marine life were able to inhabit it. The site is currently an environmental disaster. “It’s weird…it’s just tires as far as you can see down there.”
KO0M9 TIL THAT Robert Downey Jr. credits Burger King for getting him off drugs: Apparently, he ate a burger that was so nasty, it made him rethink his life choices and throw all of his drugs into the ocean.
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