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TIL after Beethoven heard Mauro Giuliani play the guitar, he commented that the instrument was “a miniature orchestra in itself”.

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9RDr TIL When the nazis burned books in Berlin, Erich Kästner was the only “burned” author who was incognito present at the ceremony. He watched the nazis shout his name and toss his books to the flames.
awaRL TIL About Ivaylo of Bulgaria, a peasant who incited and lead a revolt, defeated a mongol army, personally killed the Tsar on the battlefield, and became Tsar of Bulgaria.
16rV4 TIL in 2008, a panda at a zoo in southern China attacked a man who wanted a cuddle. “Yangyang was so cute and I just wanted to cuddle him,” Liu was quoted as saying from his hospital bed.
xVg8b TIL that in 2000, 2 Italian brothers and their friend crossed the Atlantic Ocean by car
vpbK TIL JFK’s elder brother Joseph was groomed and predicted to be President but he was killed in WW2, transferring the expectations to the younger JFK