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TIL that Ferrucio Lamborghini originally was a tractor maker. When Ferrari refused to replace a broken clutch in one of the Ferraris that he owned because he was “Just a tractor maker, and didn’t know anything about cars” he decided to start his own company. Thus the Lamborghini sports car was born.

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