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TIL During WW1 the British government outlawed landscape paintings, fearing that depictions of the British countryside would help the Germans plan a land invasion. Hundreds of artists were arrested and artist Alfred Hagn was sentenced to death after being found painting with invisible ink.

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TIL During WW1 the British government outlawed landscape paintings, fearing that depictions of the British countryside would help the Germans plan a land invasion. Hundreds of artists were arrested and artist Alfred Hagn was sentenced to death after being found painting with invisible ink.

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