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TIL the man who tried to assassinate president Ronald Reagan did so in order to impress actress Jodie Foster after watching her on Taxi Driver, which also showed a presidential candidate assassination plan based on a true-story attempted assassination

by whatilearned September 15, 2022, 4:12 am

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A taxi driver, new on the job, picks up his first customer

by cringeyjokesman September 10, 2022, 9:31 am

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A truck driver lives a long, healthy life. After millions of safely driven miles, he dies peacefully in his bed.

by cringeyjokesman September 10, 2022, 5:26 am

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TIL of the The Ténéré Tree, which was the most isolated tree in the world for 300 years, 250 miles from any other in Niger’s Sahara Desert, until it was knocked over by a truck driver in 1973

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 6:01 am

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You can have $50,000 transferred to your bank account immediately, or you can have a personal driver that will serve you for the rest of your life. Why do you choose either option?

by QuestionGuy September 1, 2022, 2:07 pm

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TIL about Victor “Al” Pease, who remains the only driver in Formula 1 history to have been disqualified from a race for driving too slow.

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 5:40 pm

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My friend works as a cab driver in London

by cringeyjokesman August 27, 2022, 9:26 pm

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A driver was stuck in a traffic jam on the highway outside Washington, DC; Nothing was moving.

by cringeyjokesman August 21, 2022, 11:39 am

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TIL Bernard Herrmann, composer for films like Psycho, Vertigo, Citizen Kane was asked by unknown director Martin Scorsese to compose Taxi Driver. After completing it, Scorsese asked for one final section. Hermann agreed, brought an orchestra in, completed it, and died hours later.

by whatilearned August 6, 2022, 12:40 am

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TIL Mercedes-Benz with the highest mileage ever known is a 1976 Mercedes W123 240D taxi owned in Greece by a taxi driver. It has covered a total of 2.85 million kilometres – roughly equivalent to driving to the Moon and back six times.

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 11:10 am

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TIL in June 2021, Boryana Straubel, wife of Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel, was struck and killed while riding a bicycle on a highway shoulder in Nevada. She managed a family foundation that focused on environmental sustainability. The driver of the car that hit her was unlicensed.

by whatilearned July 29, 2022, 3:55 am

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TIL the Nascar driver that inspired Let’s Go Brandon has no sponsors and will have to sit out the season.

by whatilearned July 28, 2022, 5:47 pm

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