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TIL that interpretations of the film The Shining as referencing treatment of Native Americans, were made as early as 1987 in an essay in The Washington Post.

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VMXeB TIL in the 13th century, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II took two infants, raised them apart only to be suckled by nurses and not to be communicated with in attempt to see what the natural language of humans was (Hebrew or the language of their parents). However, the children died of neglect.
KYwMw TIL of James Riley. On Aug 19, 1871, Riley was involved in a shootout in Newton, KS. When the fight ended, Riley had shot 6 people, 2 mortally, and walked away never to be seen again.
Oo7Wg TIL there's plastic at the bottom of Mariana Trench almost 11 kms under the ocean level
wowp1 TIL a Canadian transit fare box repair man stole 37 tons of coins worth $2.4 million from fare boxes using a magnet attached to a car radio antenna and telling bank employees that the coins came from a vending machine business.
ANPb4 TIL Actress Linda Fiorentino (The Last Seduction, Men in Black) has only made five films since playing a lead character in 1999's Dogma, two of which were direct to video. Fiorentino's last two films were released in 2002 and 2009.