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TIL Mercedes-Benz's three-pointed star started out as a symbol that Gottlieb Daimler, the founder of Mercedes' parent company Daimler, marked his house with on a postcard.

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87w4 TIL When George Lucas was filming the Sandcrawler (in A New Hope) in Tunisia, the Tunisian government asked him to move it away from the Libyan border after Libya threatened military action, thinking it was a large war vehicle.
X0V0Q TIL That, in 1991, the Bryan Adams song "Everything I Do" (which had reached #1 worldwide) was declared to be not sufficiently Canadian by the regulatory body CRTC denying it more frequent airplay in Canada. This despite Adams being made a member of the Order of Canada in 1990.
Oowxg TIL a contortionist committed a series of thefts by hiding inside a suitcase underneath an airport shuttle bus, searching for valuables, and returning to the suitcase with them. A victim became suspicious after the man's accomplice rushed for the suitcase and proceeded to have a conversation with it
j66Dv TIL Mars Inc., maker of Snickers, Milky Way, M&Ms, Skittles and other candies, remains a privately-held company wholly owned by the Mars family. The Mars family is reclusive and rarely gives interviews, and in 2020 the estimated combined wealth of the family totaled over $125B.
bvZa TIL Richard Owen (who created the word Dinosaur) exploited his crippled peer Gideon Mantell, by claiming ownership and renaming his discoveries. After Mantels suicide, Owen wrote his obituary calling Mantell a mediocre Scientist. He then had Mantells spine removed, pickled, and stored.