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TIL no dummies were used in the stunt heavy movie "Hot Rod" and in the first scene, a stuntman breaks his femur in the failed jump

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YpbrG TIL: There are some cars that attract women and others that drive them away.
gKQD TIL the longest golf drive ever recorded goes to Russian astronaut Mike Lopez-Alegria. In 2004 he used a 6-iron to strike a ball one-handed while tethered to the International Space Station. NASA predicts the ball will fly approximately 1 million miles before disintegrating into Earth’s atmosphere.
mxnoE TIL: Wesley Autrey, a man who saved a student’s life after they had a seizure and fell onto the tracks at a station. A train was approaching. Westley leapt onto the tracks and threw himself over the student. All but two cars still passed over them, close enough to leave grease on Westley’s cap.
4XZjo TIL the US Metric Association publishes a bi-monthly newsletter giving updates on converting the US to the metric system. It's been published since 1966.
VOGZ TIL that an artist designed a euthanasia roller coaster to take people’s lives “with elegance and euphoria”.