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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.
QJYjX TIL: Antarctica was discovered only 201 years ago! 200 years ago, people discovered Antarctica – and promptly began profiting by slaughtering some of its animals to near extinction
6EweZ TIL the French used the guillotine as their standard method of execution until capital punishment was outlawed in 1981
BrGy TIL that Axl Rose used to earn $8 an hour for smoking cigarettes, for a science experiment at California’s UCLA.
b6nj7 TIL Tamara Torlakson pooped her pants while running a marathon and still set her personal best.