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TIL that some German authorities still accept the Ariernachweis (Aryan certificate), which certified that a person was a member of the Aryan race, as proof of nationality since it has accurate birth and marriage data.

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6Elb8 TIL After the American Revolution, British peace commissioners were so humiliated by having to negotiate with colonials, that they refused to sit for a group portrait intended to commemorate the event. So there is just blank space on the right of the painting where they were to have been seated
wLDPE TIL Larry Brantley, the voice of Wishbone, got the gig after improvising about the dog's inner thoughts about a tennis ball for five minutes: "I walked out of the audition saying, 'I can't believe I just did five minutes about a tennis ball.' And then I got the job."
0P81 TIL that John Lennon’s son, Julian, didn’t know that “Hey Jude” was about him until 20 years after its debut. Paul McCartney wrote it to comfort Julian during his parents’ divorce, and John Lennon always assumed that it was written about himself.
BrVgW TIL an inventor, Ray Kurzweil, made a set of predications in the 90's that have a 80% success rate. According to his predications, by next year there will be a new world government, nanotechnology by 2025, and we will be able to upload the mind via technology by the 2030's.
Rxa7 TIL that in 1993 Creedence Clearwater Revival’s record label sued former lead singer John Fogerty because his song “The Old Man Down the Road” sounded similar to “Run Through the Jungle.” Although Fogerty was awarded attorney fees, the judge found that “an artist can’t plagiarize himself.”