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TIL :In 1923 Enzo Ferrari won a race in Ravenna where he met the Countess Paolina, mother of Francesco Baracca, an ace of the Italian air force who died during WW1 and used to paint a horse on the side of his planes .In his honor, Enzo Ferrari decided to take the rampant horse as his coat of arms

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R7Qml TIL 140 million years ago, India was part of an immense supercontinent called Gondwana, in the Southern Hemisphere. About 80 million years ago, it accelerated its drift to Eurasia at about 15cm per year — about twice as fast as the fastest modern tectonic drift. The impact created the Himalayas.
PYNDO TIL that born-blind people actually dream of visual content. That's because auditory and tactile inputs can create virtual images in their brain, and that images can be revealed in their dreams.
kwre TIL that cycling is better than walking or running for maintaining muscle, strength, and fat loss
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BjPd TIL of Ricky Ray Rector who, after murdering a man in a nightclub, agreed to turn himself in. Instead, he shot the negotiating officer in the back, killing him. He then attempted suicide but failed, effectively lobotomizing himself. In prison he saved part of his last meal for “after the execution”