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TIL The clothing company ‘The North Face’ once sued another clothing company 'The South Butt’

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R7E9a TIL After WWII, Messerschmitt developed microcars when the company was forbidden from manufacturing aircraft. Its KR200 set 22 international speed records for three-wheeled vehicles under 250cc during its 24-hour at the Hockenheimring in 1955.
69V4X TIL that in Uruguay, up until 2017, if you caught your spouse in bed with someone else, it was within your rights to beat or kill either of them
16GmP TIL: The Addam’s Family franchise is based off a 1930s New Yorker cartoon.
9YZop TIL that in 2003, Republican Bob Ney changed French Fries to Freedom Fries in the Congressional cafeterias because of France's opposition to the proposed invasion of Iraq. The French reacted to this news by saying they focus on serious issues, adding that fries are in fact a Belgian invention.
Gp8G TIL that there are thousands of Palestinians serving in the Israeli Armed Forces