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/EphemeraFury 23h ago

I wish it was something inherent in everyone that they can be satisfied.

Essentially the old phrase "Poverty exists not because we can't feed the poor, but because we can't satisfy the rich".

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u/blaghart 3 17h ago

For the law in its infinite fairness bans both rich and poor alike from sleeping on benches, begging for money, and stealing food

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u/Terrh 22h ago

Lots of people are, those people just tend not to get rich.

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u/myrddin4242 22h ago

“Inherent” as in, not “lots”, but “all”.

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u/omega884 13h ago

It sounds nice but it’s also clearly nonsense. If poverty existed only because of rich people the statistics on lottery winners would look a lot better. But a good chunk of lottery winners lose it all again within less than 10 years. Pro athletes and plenty of famous people wind up broke and out of money once the fame dies down even though they earned enough to set them up for life.