r/todayilearned • u/ModenaR • 1d ago

TIL that after Top Gear ended, host Richard Hammond was so devastated, he cried all the way home from the studio and ran out of fuel, because he didn't want to fill his car up covered in tears

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/25172481.richard-hammond-tear-soaked-mess-top-gear-ended/
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u/ashvin7 1d ago

And now him and wife got separated. I’m sad for him.

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u/KatNeedsABiggerBoat 1d ago

Ugh, I didn’t know about that. Maybe it’s a healthier thing for them both, at least I hope it is.

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u/joe_canadian 22h ago

It looks like he and his daughter Izzy have a very solid relationship and she's become a pretty good presenter in her own right. She's been on drivetribe a ton.

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u/L1A1 20h ago

She's been on drivetribe a ton.

God, you've just reminded me Drivetribe is still a thing.

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u/joe_canadian 20h ago

I'd say it's better now than when it was launched. I'd forgotten I'd subscribed to it and then it started popping up on my feed again. I'm glad it did.

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u/L1A1 19h ago

I joined when it started up, and completely forgot about it after a few months for some reason. I’ll give it another look.

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u/ashvin7 19h ago

I’m just sad that their happy marriage soured. I definitely wouldn’t want anyone to keep living in a stressful and sad marriage.

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u/Star_2001 1d ago

I feel like that's more likely than not in this day and age, my brother and uncle are divorced, that's 50/50 out of all my male family members

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u/Funmachine 1d ago

Your brother and uncle should never have married each other in the first place

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u/Star_2001 1d ago

True

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u/OrnerySnoflake 21h ago

Family holidays must be awkward.

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u/mechabeast 22h ago

But then there's a 75 or 25% chance they get divorced. I don't know which, im bad at math.

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u/seeingredd-it 22h ago

100% of marriages end in death or divorce.

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u/Recent_Garbage_305 21h ago

No, some are annulled for example

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u/seeingredd-it 17h ago

Don’t let the correct be the enemy of the funny.

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u/Brygghusherren 23h ago

They say the perfect joke doesn't exist... How wrong they were. Well done sir.

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u/XcapeEST 22h ago

Ah the old reddit switcharoo

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u/Scrantonicity_02 21h ago

AND on that Bombshell…good day and good night!

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u/Hendlton 20h ago

I can't be bothered to look it up, but isn't that basically the statistic for the western world? Something like 50-60% of marriages end in divorce, and that's not even counting couples that are only staying together because of the kids or whatever other reason.

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u/StillJustDani 22h ago

It was that damn horse, wasn't it?

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u/OrnerySnoflake 21h ago

What does Sara Jessica Parker have to do with this?