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TIL Due to restrictions on Germany after WWII banning aircraft production, former bomber designer Ernst Heinkel temporarily switched to producing scooters, mopeds, and even the Heinkel Kabine bubble car. While his company did return to building planes, scooter production continued until 1965.

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