Today I Learned (TIL)
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TIL the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I also included a clause establishing concert pitch as A = 435 Hz
en.wikipedia.org[T]he multilateral treaties, conventions and agreements of an economic or technical character enumerated below … shall alone be applied as between Germany and those of the Allied and Associated Powers party thereto:
. . . .
(22) Convention of November 16 and 19, 1885, regarding the establishment of a concert pitch.
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