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TIL The hood ornament on a Rolls Royce, officially called The Spirit of Ecstasy, was based on Eleanor Thornton, a British model and actress, and mistress of Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (and bore him a child), who died on the SS Persia which was sunk in the Mediterranean by a U-Boat during WW I.

by whatilearned July 14, 2022, 4:20 am

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TIL On 21 April 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, better known as ‘The Red Baron’, was shot and killed while flying over Morlancourt Ridge near the Somme River, and that he was honored by those that killed him.

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 11:45 am

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TIL German WW1 fight pilot, “the Red Baron”, was pulled from wreckage by enemy forces, and ceremoniously buried, after being shot down 104 years ago

by whatilearned April 23, 2022, 7:19 pm

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TIL Baron Friedrich von Steuben was known for his bravery and the discipline and grit he brought to the American troops during The Revolutionary War, was openly gay

by whatilearned April 19, 2022, 3:41 pm

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TIL Daniel Day-Lewis said that his second Oscar-winning performance as vicious oil baron Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood was heavily inspired by Bogart’s portrayal of Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

by whatilearned April 10, 2022, 12:31 am

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TIL Francisco Goya’s Black Paintings were originally painted on the walls in his house and were never meant to be seen by the public. After Goya’s death Baron Frédéric Émile d’Erlanger had the art put on canvas and donated them to the state in 1881.

by whatilearned January 30, 2022, 12:20 pm

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TIL about Sarah Rector, an impoverished black girl who became a millionaire oil baron when oil was discovered on the land allotted to her by the government. She was so wealthy the Oklahoma legislature declared her to be a white person.Sarah Rector (1902–1967)

by whatilearned December 11, 2021, 8:35 pm

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TIL a railroad baron built a 40-foot fence around his neighbor’s property out of spite

by whatilearned November 17, 2021, 7:44 pm

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TIL that The Royal Guardsmen, hedging their bets that there would be copyright problems with their 1966 song “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron”, also preemptively recorded a version called “Squeaky vs. the Black Knight”.

by whatilearned October 17, 2021, 1:03 am

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TIL of Alfred Nourney, a German man and social climber who purchased an expensive wardrobe and booked a 1st class ticket on Titanic pretending to be “Baron Alfred von Drachstedt.” Because of the sinking, his ruse was revealed and is what he is best remembered for.

by whatilearned October 7, 2021, 7:31 am

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TIL Sacha Baron Cohen carried a bulletproof clipboard when he filmed one segment of Who is America, out of fear that the participants would shoot him.

by whatilearned August 31, 2021, 5:37 pm

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TIL an English Baron having moved to Munich in 1931 to learn German, hit Hitler when driving his car

by whatilearned August 29, 2021, 11:40 pm

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