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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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K1NG TIL of “Green Boots” - an unidentified corpse that every climber who attempts the Northwest ridge route of Mount Everest passes.
QJp0X TIL A Univ of Washington study on false memories was able to convince 30% of respondents that they had met Bugs Bunny at Disneyland despite the character being owned by competitor Warner Brothers and never appearing at any Disney property
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