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TIL the last sonata Beethoven composed has little to do with classical music and more to do with with jazz and boogie-woogie, about a 100 years in advance; and he was completely deaf when he wrote it

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yQMOp TIL up until 1982, the British government still had the power to create laws in Canada, including making amendments to Canadian constitutional law. In fact, Canada could not technically make amendments to its own constitution without permission from the British government.
Gjj5 TIL that a Coca-Cola corporate secretary once stole the secret Coca-Cola recipe and attempted to sell it to Pepsi. Instead of acquiring the recipe of their competitor, Pepsi called the FBI and had her arrested.
ne77Y TIL of the French Red Zone. WW1 areas in France with access still forbidden today. The area is saturated with unexploded shells (including gas shells), grenades and rusty ammo. Soils heavily polluted by lead, mercury, chlorine, arsenic, various dangerous gases, acids, and human and animal remains
78rjr TIL that trappist cheese is cheese that is made by monks. Many monastaries made their own cheese so that they could feed themselves and sell it. This practice has origins in 18th century France.
8WW4 TIL Another assassination attempt to kill Hitler and high Nazi officials were made with explosive devices in the assassins coat pockets on a 10 minute timer during a tour, but failed due to Hitler leaving early only to give the assassin a few seconds to defuse the bomb before exploding