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TIL Lamborghini Cars Were A Result Of A Tractor Company Owner Being Insulted by the Founder of Ferrari.

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oXrA TIL In ancient Greece to throw an apple at someone was to symbolically declare one’s love; and similarly, to catch it was to symbolically show one’s acceptance of that love.
OoZGX TIL that due to tidal deceleration, every new day is longer than the last. Within 50,000 years, each day will be approx 1 second longer. Give it another 180 million years and we'll all have an extra hour every single day.
LnMP TIL that WD-40 has never been patented as patenting would force them to disclose their recipe.
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