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wLkL7 TIL there was a plan in the 1920s/30s to dam the Mediterranean Sea, create a series of hydroelectric dams, lower sea levels and make North Africa more fertile. It was imagined by a German who wanted to avoid another world war for resources, land and energy by providing plentiful resources for Europe
vm4R TIL a German man has been travelling around the world non-stop on a bike for over 50 years.
WV7A TIL That (almost) all watches in advertisements are set to 10:10 because, among other things, the manufacturers logo is usually in the top-centre and so it’s nicely framed by the hands
p8r6Z TIL Hitler had France surrender in the same railway carriage at the same spot France and England made Germany surrender in WWI
NN1Q TIL Irish Monks and Scholars were instrumental in contributing to the spread of Christianity in Britain and continental Europe. Irish missions had such a profound influence in Germany and the Frankish Empire that Ireland became known as the “Isle of Saints and Scholars” to continental Europeans