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TIL: Joachim von Ribbentropp, the Nazi ambassador to the United Kingdom, once almost knocked the king over by giving him a Nazi salute instead of a handshake

by whatilearned May 25, 2022, 7:22 pm

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TIL Wernher von Braun, former SS officer and designer of NASA rockets, wrote a novel where mankind gets to Mars and discovers the Martian leader is called The Elon.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 3:13 pm

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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 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 Paul von Hindenburg, former President of Germany, was so famous he appeared on Stamps. After meeting with Adolph Hitler for the first time in October 1931 Hindenburg reportedly said that the only cabinet post Hitler was suited for was postmaster-general, “so he can lick me from behind”.

by whatilearned April 6, 2022, 9:04 am

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TIL the first international war crime trial took place in the Holy Roman Empire in 1474. Peter von Hagenbauch was found guilty of atrocities committed during the occupation of Breisach, and beheaded.

by whatilearned April 2, 2022, 1:43 pm

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TIL John von Neumann regularly recalled complete novels and pages of the phone directory. He could divide two 8-digit numbers in his head and converse in Ancient Greek at age 6, and was proficient in calculus at age 8. When he enrolled in university at 16, he had already written a research paper.

by whatilearned March 28, 2022, 7:54 am

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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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TIL that Aspirin and Heroin were both invented in a two-week period by the same man: Felix Hoffmann, a German chemist who worked for Bayer (and under Adolf Von Baeyer) in the late 1880’s.

by whatilearned January 31, 2022, 4:56 pm

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TIL the US invited Nazi General Friederich von Boetticher to watch war games in Redford, N.Y. bak in 1939

by whatilearned January 24, 2022, 2:15 pm

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TIL rocket scientist Dr. Wernher von Braun wrote a science fiction novel in 1949 called Project Mars: A Technical Tale. The novel takes place in the 1980s and is about the first human mission to Mars and their encounter with benevolent Martians on the planet, including the Martian leader, Elon.

by whatilearned January 19, 2022, 5:08 am

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TIL actor Daniel von Bargen, who was known for his roles as Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld, Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle, and Chief Grady in Super Troopers shot himself in the temple in 2012 in an apparent suicide attempt

by whatilearned December 5, 2021, 10:36 am

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