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TIL Al Qaeda called out Iran for peddling 9/11 conspiracy theories.

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LkXXp TIL Elton John's mother once hired an Elton John tribute act for her birthday.
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rNWye TIL that when he was 18 years old and Crown Prince, Frederick the Great was forced by his father to watch the beheading of his close companion (and possible lover) Hans von Katte after the two attempted to escape together to England.
160BW TIL The church would dismember and post its saints limbs around Great Britain
9Gjm TIL they’re still making the Beethoven movies and are now up to 8 (“Beethoven’s Treasure Tail”)