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At the Tour de France, a cycling race, the yellow jersey worn by the overall leader wasn't a style choice — it was an ad. In 1919, the organizer made leaders instantly recognizable by picking the same yellow as the newsprint of L'Auto, the paper that sponsored the race.
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