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TIL that all every Rolls Royce pinstripe is painted by a man who used to be an old English village sign painter. It's the last manufacturing step and can't afford mistakes as the paint instantly bonds with the car body and cannot be erased.

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wkG7 TIL it is totally legal to film on-duty police officers in California and under federal law.
b6Xm0 TIL that the pulp hero Zorro is not Central/South American as many assume, but actually a white European Spaniard. The 1998 film "The Mask of Zorro" saw the original Zorro, played by Anthony Hopkins, pass the torch to a new Mexican successor. They cast Antonio Banderas, a white European Spaniard.
8ae0G TIL Winston Churchill Avenue is the only road to get from Spain to Gibraltar, and drivers must pass straight through runway 09/27 at Gibraltar International Airport. Similar to a railroad crossing, the road is temporarily closed when airplanes are coming to land.
Mem5a TIL that in the Pagan’s motorcycle club, women are not allowed to walk alone, are referred to as either “old lady” or “the property of”. Also, women that are “shared” are referred to as “pets” and the men aren’t allowed to marry them.
JY1lm TIL in 2005 Vince McMahon tore both his quads sliding into the ring.