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TIL Harley-Davidson filed a trademark application in 1994 for the sound produced by their motorcycles. After many objections and even litigation, they dropped all efforts in 2000.

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QNGgE TIL that Tolkien realized he had created a moral dilemma when writing orcs. They're supposed to be a purely evil race for the heroes to cut through without guilt, but they could talk and knew about morality, so by Tolkien's beliefs, they couldn't be pure evil and should be given mercy if possible.
R7oZj TIL Lamborghini, Audi, Bentley, Porsche, Ducati, Scoda , Seat are all owned by Volkswagen.
Z4rY TIL that Poland didn’t border any of the countries that it does now in 1989, without changing its borders.
D1QOJ TIL the 550 Porsche Spyder that killed James Dean is believed to be cursed. Actor Alec Guinness told Dean he’d be “dead by this time next week if he got in that car.” Seven days later Dean would be killed by his beloved ‘Little Bastard’ Porsche. And he wasn’t the only life claimed by the cursed car.
xV4M5 TIL: May 26 is National Sorry day in Australia, to commemorate the mistreatment of the country’s indigenous people.