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TIL that despite the disclaimer at the beginning of the movie Fargo, saying it was a true story, the movie was for the most part not true. It only took parts of other true stories, one of which became the wood chipper scene.

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41Lg TIL, Stella Lieback, the woman who sued McDonald’s over split hot coffee was 79 at the time, suffered 3rd degree burns and spent over a week in the hospital requiring skin grafts and other treatments. She only sued McDonalds so they could cover all medical expenses, they offered a paltry $800.
p8xOQ TIL that there is an underground mountain biking trail inside of an old mine in Slovenia.
E4g0 TIL The person who does the voice of Optimus Prime also does Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh
LJop TIL that George Orwell was a socialist who saw every line of prose he wrote to be in favour of democratic socialism
78wGM TIL that more than half of all light mail in Denmark is delivered by bike. Due to the general city infrastructure, bikes are by far the easiest and quickest way to deliver letters in Denmark