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TIL there was an episode of Whose Line is it Anyways where Drew Cary handed out $100 bills to the performers instead of points.

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9Y5WQ TIL when Consumer Reports tested a Renault 12 in 1972, the car had 34 defects, including a connecting rod breaking through the engine block, loosened flywheel bolts and the windshield wiper motor burning. The best car in the comparison, Toyota Corolla, had only 9 defects.
b9K8j TIL: Sculptor Selma Burke, a black woman, never received credit for her portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which was later adapted and featured on the US dime. It is widely accepted that the white John R. Sinnock's obverse design on the Roosevelt dime was adapted from Burke's work.
wVY7 TIL that the surgical masks people wear in Asia aren’t due to fear of infection, but rather as a courtesy to others if they are feeling sick.
QJ8Gp TIL portobello mushrooms are just grown-up versions of the common and smaller white/brown mushrooms
7OBr TIL a CA man driving in an HOV lane claimed the Articles of Incorporation of his business, which had been placed unbuckled on the driver’s seat, constituted a person, citing a CA law that defines a person as “natural persons and corporations”. The courts ruled against him, citing “common sense.”