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TIL: How Beethoven Heard Music While Deaf 😮

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BjAb TIL: That Tora Bora, a Taliban cave complex in Afghanistan was a CIA financed complex build for the Mujahideen during the cold war.
jNDGE TIL although Wayne’s World (1992) was released after Freddie Mercury died, he got to see the car headbanging scene featuring Bohemian Rhapsody shortly before he passed away on November 24, 1991. He loved it and foresaw how the use of the song would ignite a comeback for Queen in the United States.
wLV51 TIL about the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, a detailed annual record which a king was never allowed to read, to maintain its impartiality. One time, a king told others to keep his falling off a horse secret from the scribe. His request was recorded.
kOamW TIL when King Louis XVI of France was executed via guillotine, it did not sever his neck. The blade went through the back of his skull and into his jaw.
4nKJ TIL Lyndon B. Johnson used to frequently whip out his “Johnson” to establish genital dominance at the start of diplomatic relationships. He also unzipped his pants and presented it to a group of reporters, stating “this is why,” when asked why we were in Vietnam.