his dad was a Nazi

 

seal against gas

Adolph Hitler [1889-1945] adopted his variety of moustache in World War I to accommodate gas masks.

History's greatest PR move

"[Convincing the world that] Austria was the country of Beethoven and that Germany was the country of Hitler."
- Konrad Adenauer

oolitic limestone

Venus of Willendorf [24,000-22,000 BCE]. Estimated value $60 million. Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran speculates that grotesque fatness would have been highly desirable in a time of starvation.

Austria's Mona Lisa

Gustav Klimt's [1862-1918] Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907. Gold Portrait.