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TIL Enzo Ferrari sold his house to buy his 1st race car.

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ZpRED TIL Harold Alfond invented the factory outlet store.
NXYo8 TIL in 1953 US and Britain instigated a coup d'état in Iran which began a period of dissolution for Iranian democracy and society. This eventually led to the Iranian revolution and the creation of an Islamic Republic.
KO64J TIL that every “peace symbol” you see has a meaning that has been lost on many people– it was originally designed by combining the semaphore letters “N” and “D,” which stood for Nuclear Disarmament.
KYGjw TIL that 3% of people in the US will have a psychotic break at some point in their lives
yYd8 TIL there was a Jewish boxer named Salamo Arouch imprisoned at Auschwitz. He was forced to fight fellow prisoners. The losers were sent to the gas chambers or shot. He survived more than 2 years and 200 fights, eventually being released when the camp was liberated.