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TIL the original signed manuscripts of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto were nearly lost in WWII when being transported for safekeeping to Prussia by train in the care of a librarian. The train came under aerial bombardment and the librarian escaped to a nearby forest with the scores hidden in his coat.

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 4:03 pm

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TIL that Teflon was first used for the first nuclear bombs. The anti-stick frying pan coating was used to coat valves and pipes in the separation of Uranium, which would corrode other materials much quicker. Only after WW2 was it used for cookware.

by whatilearned August 3, 2022, 12:38 pm

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Without saying anything a news team hurries up to you, puts glasses, a fake mustache, and a suit coat on you, shoves a mic in your face and says “we’ve finally found a local chickenologist on the scene, doctor, what do we do about the chicken problem”?

by QuestionGuy July 24, 2022, 1:38 pm

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Two old ladies were talking on a park bench when a guy in a trench coat came by and exposed himself. One old lady had a stroke!

by cringeyjokesman July 6, 2022, 5:08 am

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I own a coat hanger for home abortions

by CopyPastaArchive May 12, 2022, 11:27 pm

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TIL the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire was created at the request of the Hampton Court in 1882. As they felt their collection of the European ones were incomplete without it.

by whatilearned April 29, 2022, 5:32 pm

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3 nuns are flashed by a pervert in a trench coat

by cringeyjokesman April 25, 2022, 2:27 pm

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TIL Jim Henson made the first Kermit the Frog puppet out of a ping pong ball and his mom’s old coat

by whatilearned April 25, 2022, 12:45 am

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TIL Princess Beatrice of the UK added three bees to her family’s traditional coat of arms. “Bee thrice” for Beatrice.

by whatilearned April 15, 2022, 2:58 am

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TIL The coat of arms of the (at the time) Swedish islands of Åland and Öland accidentally got swapped when granted during the 1560s. A mistake not noticed until 1944

by whatilearned March 16, 2022, 2:21 pm

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TIL the Phil Collins album No Jacket Required is named after an incident at a Chicago restaurant where Collins was denied admittance. Collins later appeared on TV denouncing the restaurant who in turn sent him a sport coat and an apology, saying he could come back wearing whatever he wanted.

by whatilearned March 9, 2022, 3:50 pm

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In the coat of arms of Georg von Frundsberg, where does the ostrich come from?

by HistoryBuff February 5, 2022, 5:10 pm

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