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TIL of the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15 year old Vatican teenager who disappeared while returning home from a flute lesson in Rome on 22nd June 1983. In January 2023, Vatican City opened an official investigation for the first time ever on the request of Pope Francis.

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EnQX TIL during a screening of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” at the White House President Reagan told Steven Speilberg “there are a number of people in this room who know that everything on that screen is absolutely true”. According to Spielberg the President said this with a totally straight face.
16JjO TIL of Dick Roth, a swimmer who was diagnosed with appendicitis shortly before the men’s 400m individual medley in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. He refused an immediate operation and instead swam in the finals, winning a gold medal.
6EeWY TIL that although Nazi Germany sterilized or murdered 73-100% of all schizophrenics in Germany (about 220K-269K people), there were no long-term effects on subsequent rates of schizophrenia in Germany. In fact, post WWII rates were unexpectedly high.
MeL9W TIL that Stan Lee created and wrote a show about a superhero stripper called “Stipperella”
wMvM TIL that Belarus is the last country in Europe that still uses the death penalty. The convicts are shot in the back of the head with a silenced PB-9 pistol. The whole procedure, starting with the announcement about denied appeals and ending with the gunshot, lasts no longer than two minutes.