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e0Xn TIL in 1978 Charlie Chaplin’s dead body was stolen from the cemetery where he was buried. The body was recovered after 3 months and then re-buried in a vault surrounded by cement.
DJjv TIL that there is a town in the Alps that does not get any direct sunlight for 84 days. However the town fixed that by installing a giant mirror on the side of the mountain.
Me7r7 Unpredictable extremes of weather could be a huge problem. Simon N. Gosling, a geographer at the University of Nottingham in England, and Robert E. Davis of the University of Virginia agree that hotter weather on average isn't as dangerous as unexpected weather. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in April looked at how temperature fluctuations over a single summer affect mortality in vulnerable populations.
dDkYK TIL Xijinping has published over 100 books with around 100 million copies sold, raked in at least 500 million yuan(69 million USD) of royalty by a conservative estimate
PkVg TIL In 1980, the city of Detroit gave Saddam Hussein a key to the city. In recognition of donations he made to local Chaldean churches.