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TIL in 1998 a burglar stole a priceless diamond ornament originally belonging to empress Elisabeth of Austria, replacing it with a gift shop replica. Newspapers covered up the theft by claiming it had been speedily recovered and the fake remained on display for 10 years.

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PYE8V TIL although deaf schizophrenics who have never heard do report “hearing voices”, they are not referring to true auditory hallucinations. Instead, communication comes via the mind’s eye: visual hallucinations of moving lips, or disembodied hands and arms making sign language movements.
N7OG8 TIL Congressman/Civil Rights Hero John Lewis appeared on “Arthur” on PBS. Rest in Power
JYGjQ TIL, Steve Gerber, the creator of Howard the Duck lost the rights to Marvel but took him back in spirit by convincing Marvel to do a crossover with a new character of his and added a scene where Howard gets cloned and the real one leaves and changes his name to Leonard while a clone stays behind.
dQQj TIL it is common for people to have a recurring nightmare in which it is the day of a final exam and you realize that you forgot you were taking the course and therefore had not attended any of the classes, or variations on this theme.
4XABw TIL that in 2015, mist sprinklers, which cool the air, were placed near the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Many visitors to the museum were upset, saying the shower-like misters evoked memories of Nazi-era gas chambers. Nazi gas chambers were often disguised as showers.