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TIL that Nazi 'perfect Aryan' poster child was Jewish

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Lamp TIL Beethoven was once challenged to an improvisation contest by a famous pianist named Daniel Steibelt, Beethoven took the piece Steibelt’s music was written on, turned it upside down, played it, then improvised on that and mocked Daniel through his own music. Daniel left halfway through.
gMbP4 TIL that “Hyborian War” is a play-by-mail fantasy game that’s been continuously running since 1985 set in the setting of Conan the Barbarian.
olbr TIL Angola holds a Miss Landmine beauty pageant to raise awareness of live landmines still in the country, by only allowing landmine survivors to enter the pageant
4kvlw TIL That Bosnia and Herzegovina is a semi-viceroy. They have a “High Representative” that can change laws and override the country’s presidents. This power is actually used
E1dy7 TIL of a town named Agloe, New York. It doesn't sound all that special until you find out that it doesn't exist! . A town Map Makers made up to catch people infringing on their copyrighted maps! Its an example of a Paper Town