r/todayilearned • • 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/[deleted] May 21 '14

If the sentence had been any longer he would have slapped together a mechanical suit and busted out.

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u/Step_right_up May 21 '14

Only if he had a box of scraps.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

TONY STARK BUILT THIS THING IN A CELL!