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TIL Maserati worked hard and failed to construct a V16 town car for Benito Mussolini before Ferry Porsche of Volkswagen built one for Adolf Hitler

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wLR61 TIL that Fidel Castro has a sister, Juanita Castro, who lived most of her life in the USA after defecting from Castro's Cuba in 1964. She's now 88.
epM66 TIL Ear Pulling is considered a sport in some cultures
oBXAE TIL a 1991 Soviet television adaptation of The Lord of the Rings thought to have been lost to time was rediscovered and posted on YouTube last week
0wJXN TIL: The piano Freddie Mercury used to record "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the same one Paul McCartney used on "Hey Jude"
5YkOR TIL about Mario Rigby who walked from Cape Town, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. It took him 2 years and he walked 7,456 miles. He was greeted with kindness in most villages on his journey and offered free lodging and food.