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TIL Lamborghini made tractors before super cars

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7r96r TIL that during the first week of move-in into the White House, the American president is asked to plan his or her funeral should his or her death occur in office.
GAgPg TIL World War II codebreaker Dilly Knox used to solve coded enemy messages in the bathtub and persuaded his superiors to have a bathtub installed in his office in the cryptanalysis section of the British Admiralty.
mxQXP TIL carbonated water makes plants grow faster and makes green plants grow greener more than tap water.
kJYMW TIL A working class neighbourhood in Zurich became a red-light district in the 1970s. As more people left their villages and moved to the city, it was easier and more profitable to rent out small apartments to prostitutes rather than use them as housing
ndPG TIL an iphone would cost around $2000 if manufactured entirely in the United States