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TIL that “The Final Countdown” was never intended as a hit, but was intended to be used as an opening for their concerts.

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6EBoJ TIL that in Nazi Germany, the founders of Adidas and Puma (The Dassler brothers) secretly gave Jesse Owens a pair of track shoes that helped him win 4 gold medals for the Americans in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. This gift is said to have spared their factory from destruction from Allied forces.
woeR7 TIL before WW1 ended on November 11th 1918, Romania re-entered the war on November 10th.
yQZMl TIL of Japanese anti-hero Yoshie Shiratori, who escaped from prison 4 times and used miso soup to erode steel bars.
gXbW TIL that a hypersonic vehicle exists that demonstrated a stable aerodynamically-controlled flight at speeds of up to Mach 20.
Zp86o TIL that Ford Heights, IL was renamed in an attempt to persuade the nearby Ford plant to be within their corporate limits, but the plant was incorporated into an adjacent city (Chicago Heights) instead.