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TIL of Alex Zanardi, a Formula One driver who lost both of his legs in a major crash in 2001. After, he designed and built his own custom prosthetics for racing. He started racing again in specialised touring cars. He also took up handcycling, and won medals in both the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.
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TIL Deceased actor Anton Yelchin actually received a recall notice for the faulty park setting on his Chrysler the month before it cost him his life. He then received another recall notice three days after his death.
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TIL that the X-Patents were patents issued from July of 1790 to July of 1836, all of which were destroyed in a fire. No copies were kept at the time, leaving only the inventors’ copies to reconstruct the entire collection
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TIL: The band Chicago was so fond of cocaine that during a tour in the 1970's they put a fake phone booth on stage called the "Snortitorium" so they could do lines mid-concert without going backstage.
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TIL that if all the world’s bacteria were laid end-to-end, they would reach 10 billion light-years in length. However, at 75 times thinner than a human hair, it would still be invisible to the naked eye. The length could wrap the Milky Way more than 20,000 times, creating a 2cm wide visible ribbon.