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TIL that in 1973 a Mercedes-Benz 770 F-Cabriolet that was stated to be Hitler's parade limousine was sold for a then record of $153,000. A week later it was revealed to have belonged to Finnish President Carl Mannerheim, but this news was ignored, and the car broke the record again half a year later

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R7aaw TIL In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon with an official number. After realizing that a woman was running, race organizer Jock Semple went after her trying to stop. The photographs taken of the incident made world headlines.
8aNM8 TIL that a cannibal named Issei Sagawa has profited from his crimes. After murdering and eating his classmate in 1981, he was released due to a loophole and has translated his fame into books, talk show appearances, and even softcore porn films in which he bites his co-stars.
R5ge4 TIL about an invented language from the 1800s called Esperanto. Its goal was to become a "world language" and the founder LL Zamenhof constructed it to be very easy to learn. It can be found on Duolingo and is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language.
LX8p TIL when Mel Blanc went into a coma in 1961, his doctors got him to communicate by addressing him as Bugs Bunny. Blanc responded in character but did not remember the conversations.
9wbbM TIL that Mussolini used castor oil to humiliate and torture political enemies. Victims had their mouths forced open, and a bottle of castor oil was poured down their throats, causing severe diarrhea, dehydration, and public humiliation. This was a common method to punish opponents of Fascism.