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TIL that Ferruccio Lamborghini, founder of Lamborghini cars, was fascinated with Spanish culture. Nearly every car is named after a Spanish word, majority of them deriving from the name of famous bulls that killed a matador in a bull fight. This is also why their logo is a charging bull.

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RGDw TIL British accents originally sounded closer to modern American, but changed in the 19th century to show status. Historians maintain that Shakespeare plays sound better with American actors
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