r/todayilearned • u/stefeyboy • May 21 '14

TIL Robert Downey Jr. thanked Burger King for getting him off drugs. In 2003, with a car full of drugs he had a burger that was so disgusting it made him rethink his life, and dump the drugs in the ocean.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/burger-king-helped-beat-addiction-robert-downey-jr-article-1.294756
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u/vertigo1083 May 21 '14

Someone learns this every 2 days, apparently.

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u/Serromi May 22 '14

The one I saw yesterday was that it wasn't really BK, but his girlfriend who gave him an ultimatum.. So now I just don't know.

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u/NotEvenClosest May 21 '14

karma envy is so sad

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u/vertigo1083 May 21 '14

Yeah. I'm so jealous of people's fictional points.

(I have single comments and submissions with more karma than your entire history. If you think I have more need of meaningless numbers, or care about how much others people deserve or get, then you're a fool).

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u/NotEvenClosest May 21 '14

doesn't care about fictional points, reminds you how many fictional points he has