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TIL that Ferrari's iconic red color, 'Rosso Corsa', was originally mandated by racing regulations. In the early days of motorsport, international racing organizations assigned specific colors to represent different countries, Italy was given red.

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MejR0 TIL that Lady Margaret Beaufort, who was married to Edmund Tudor at age 12, gave birth to the future Henry VII at just age 13. A political pawn during the Wars of the Roses, her first marriage took place when she was no older than 3.
mx6xx TIL the Thirteen Colonies were used as a penal colony for English criminals between the 1600s to 1776. Historians estimate between 50,000 to 120,000 criminals were transfered. After America's indepedence the Brits tried to substitute America with Ghana and Senegal, ultimately deciding on Australia.
4k8kJ TIL that Quentin Tarantino wanted to make a Godzilla film of his own titled "Living Under the Rule of Godzilla".
lo64K TIL While filming "2001: A Space Odyssey", the director Stanley Kubrick was so worried that an alien encounter was imminent that he took out an insurance policy incase aliens were discovered before his movie was released which he believed would have ruined his storyline.
woAkM TIL That third class gates on the Titanic weren't actually locked. In many cases, they were only waist level. Third class passengers couldn't navigate the complex passageways — and all the signs were in English, giving them little opportunity to find their way to the deck.