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TIL the Ferrari Prancing Horse logo originally decorated the plane of Count Francesco Baracca, Italy’s top fighter ace of WWI. The badge was given to Enzo Ferrari after the ace was shot down by his mother, who said “Ferrari, put my son’s prancing horse on your cars. It will bring you good luck.”

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0Zkj TIL that in 1975, the Food and Drug Administration ruled that Pringles cannot legally call themselves “Potato chips” because they’re not made from sliced potatoes. Also, in the UK, the company tried to argue that Pringles weren’t chips (“crisps” in the UK) because chips are subject to a 17.5% VAT
KYY9J TIL Andre 3000 will on occasion assume an alias when producing music, one of these names being Dookieblossumgame III.
0aYp TIL a man took several hours on live TV in India to kill another man using his magical powers. After failing, he said the god he worships is protecting him at that very moment. The man then replied saying he is an atheist.
yQAy8 TIL about the mythical isle of Thule. The Ancient Greek explorer, Pytheas, was the first to write about Thule during his travels between 330-20 BC. Thule is described like a land of fire and ice in which the sun never sets, about six days sailing north from Britain.
yV8bV TIL that there's an Indian restaurant chain called “Oh! Calcutta”. But it bears no relation to the 1969 controversial, totally-nude, avant-garde revue which ran for 5,959 performances, which made it the longest-running revue in Broadway history at the time.