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Six questions about a fighter plane hiding in a Cadillac, a sitcom that beat a president, and a satellite the size of a beach ball — all true.

Your first question:

In 1948, Cadillac bolted a strange new feature onto its rear fenders — small upright fins that would grow into the towering chrome wings of the late 1950s. What inspired America’s tailfin craze?

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