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TIL that the founders of Adidas and Puma are brothers, and were Nazis

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dV9r TIL a school board tried to ban To Kill a Mocking Bird. Harper Lee donated money so that members of the school board could enroll in the first grade and improve their literacy.
78oZ7 TIL that the Canadian courier company now known as Purolator got its name from the US maker of oil and air filters, which owned it from 1967-1987
JJXv TIL a Japanese Oil Tanker captain fell into a cactus at a Santa Barbra Oil Field, provoking laughter from the local workers. 5 years later he returned in an Imperial Japanese Navy sub and made the first mainland shelling of the US at that oil field.
oRl87 Til the first recorded use of sonar technique was by Leonardo da Vinci in 1490
ZRQY TIL that Jefferson had his own version of the bible that omitted the parts of the bible that were “contrary to reason” including the resurrection and other miracles. He was only interested in the moral teachings of Jesus and nothing more.