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TIL Ferrari stopped selling cars with manual transmissions in 2011.

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yDQl TIL A man tried to get the expressed written consent of Major League Baseball in order to give an account of the game to his friend, as their legal disclaimer states is required. He never got it.
rQWy TIL handshakes were originally meant to make sure the person you were meeting wasn’t carrying a concealed weapon. Clasping hands proved it was empty, and shaking was meant to dislodge anything that was being hidden inside the sleeve.
p8VN TIL that Stan Lee who worked for Marvel as a writer for hire sued Marvel because he was hurt by Marvel Comics’ decision to keep profits from him over his 60 years with the company.
jNZZv TIL American artist Chris Burden Had himself shot in the arm by a friend, as a part of a performance art piece called "Shoot"(1971) and when questioned about the work on BBC in 2012, he said "I had an intuitive sense that being shot is as American as apple pie".
W710A TIL that the 1947 Belgian census was so controversial that it resulted in the discontinuing of language censuses in Belgium. Since 1961 there has been no official information on Belgian language knowledge or use.