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TIL that Beethoven disregarded authority so heavily that after MANY confrontations, Archduke Rudolph decreed that the usual rules of court etiquette did not apply to him

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ggPD TIL Bizzy Bone, of Bone Thugs and Harmony, was one of the first few abducted children in America that was rescued due to the efforts of John Walsh and America’s Most Wanted.
M7Rxb TIL There Used to be an Annual College Football All-Stars vs NFL Game from 1934-1979
7rdbX TIL of the time footballer (later manager) Mark Hughes played in two matches, in two separate countries, on the same day. In November 1987, he played for Wales against Czechoslovakia in Prague. After the game he was quickly flown to Germany where he came on as a substitute for Bayern Munich.
kR1d TIL in 1977, William Kampiles stole a top-secret KH-11 spy satellite manual from the CIA which he sold to the Russians for $3000. He then told the CIA for who he worked what he had done in the hopes that they would hire him as a double agent. They didn’t and he was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
Lv0V TIL that Kim Jong-Il bought an entire brewery in England, shipped it piece by piece to North Korea and got it rebuilt there.