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TIL Adidas purchased its famous 3-stripe logo from Karhu Sports in 1952, for two bottles of whiskey, and the equivalent of 1600 euros

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9Ym0M TIL that they don't actually make round steel tanks they make rough octagon tanks then explode them into round ones
gMQBb TIL that Elton John has a species of shrimp named after him
4b6a TIL in 1962, LIFE magazine published an article about Lauri Rapala and his fishing lures. The cover featured recently deceased Marilyn Monroe and it became the magazine’s best selling issue. Consequently, Rapala received millions of orders and is today the leading lure manufacturer in the world.
loVM7 TIL Grant Imahara designed and built a robot for the Late Late show with Craig Fergusen:
8aEdL TIL the terms Top dog and Under dog are thought to originate from saw pits used in shipbuilding. Wood to be cut was placed on planks called “dogs”. The sawyer standing on top was in charge hence ‘top dog’ while the sawyer working in the pit would get covered in sawdust hence 'underdog’.