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TIL the falling out between Rudolf and Adi Dassler which led to the creation of Adidas and Puma, took place during a 1943 Allied bombing attack when Adi said "here are the bloody bastards again" referring to the Allied war planes, but Rudolf was convinced Adi meant him and his family

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