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TIL Ferruccio Lamborghini was a successful tractor manufacturer who loved driving his Ferraris. After telling Enzo Ferrari that the cars' clutches need to be improved, he was snubbed and told to stick to tractors. Infuriated, this started their legendary rivalry.

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7AMP TIL that a 6-Year-Old HIV-Positive Boy Was Forced to Live Alone in Rural South West, China.
mYxv TIL that while a Westboro spokeswoman was boasting about how the church foiled Anonymous on a radio talk show, an Anonymous spokesman called in and hacked the church’s website in real time on the air.
LQdkv TIL 21 years before “Seinfeld” spoofed attorney Johnnie Cochran with Jackie Chiles, “Sanford & Son” spoofed him with Sonny Cochran.
aw140 TIL a pod of dolphins saved a group of swimmers from a great white shark by herding the swimmers together and doing tight circles around them to create a barrier. The dolphins kept this up for 40 minutes until the shark lost interest and was safe for the swimmers to swim to shore.
811G TIL: that there is a town called Redditch. Redditch once produced 90% of the world’s needles.