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TIL Ryan built the car he used in Drive. The director said, “Ryan wanted to build his own car. So the car, the Malibu, the old gray car he drives around, he built himself. He took it apart and put it back together.”

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V718 TIL Bernie Madoff will be released from jail on November 14, 2139, 130 years 279 days from his conviction date in 2009

99mr TIL Alaska has the highest botulism rate in the U.S. and one of the highest worldwide. According to the CDC, close to 40 percent of food-borne botulism cases reported in the U.S. between 1990 and 2000 (103 of 263) occurred in Alaska, one of the least populous states.

ZpGe4 TIL In 2015, the Australian town of Nanango began rewarding drivers who passed a breathalyzer test a ticket to win a $500 lottery.

mx8kY TIL of the only surgeon in history to perform an operation with a 300% mortality rate: Dr Robert Liston. During the famous operation, the doctor lost his patient and accidentally caused the death of both his assistant and an elderly bystander.

4xVR TIL of an Italian pornstar, who was a member of Parliament, while continuing to make hardcore porn videos while in office. She often made speeches with one breast exposed, and offered to have sex with Saddam Hussein in exchange for peace in the region.