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TIL that the creator of the sportswear company Adidas (Adolf Dassler) was a member of the Nazi Party.

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W7w1B TIL: That Christine McVie wrote the song "Songbird" in just half an hour at around midnight, but didn't have anyone around to record it. To ensure she did not forget the chord structure and melody, McVie remained awake the entire night and played the song for producer Ken Caillat the next morning.
loJVr TIL Mapmakers deliberately put slight mistakes in their maps (fake streets, towns) so they can tell when someone copies them. They are called map traps.
8Mr4 TIL the Russian gov’t drilled a ~15km (49,000 ft) borehole into the Earth’s surface but couldn’t continue due to temperatures in excess of 180 °C (356 °F)
XEDd6 TIL that “mechanical” prosthetics date back to the 16th century when wounded knights would need mechanical fingers to still grip their swords or lance
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