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TIL that Germany’s racing color is silver because one of their cars was barely overweight, so they just scrapped the paint off leaving the silver body. The car won and the color stuck.

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d987 TIL that a Dutch warship was disguised as a tropical island during WWII to escape detection by the Japanese. It was the only ship of its class to survive.
N7wv6 TIL of Martine Rothblatt, a lawyer and Ph.D in medical ethics who founded Sirius XM satellite radio, worked on the Human Genome Project, designed an electric helicopter for organ delivery, is a licensed pilot, and is transgender.
rE41 TIL After numerous complaints about the sometimes vicious creatures, New York City authorities finally banned organ grinders’ monkeys from the streets in 1887.
lowEN TIL that Werner Heisenberg was pressured by the Nazis to work on the atomic bomb, and his refusal would mean death. Heisenberg took on the project, but purposely sabotaged it to ensure failure.
YprQZ TIL about Above Znoneofthe, a Canadian politician and perennial candidate. Sheldon Bergson changed his name and included a silent "Z" so his name would be placed last on alphabetical ballots. For the first race in which he ran as Znoneofthe the candidates were listed by their first names.