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TIL about Folke Bernadotte, a Swedish diplomat who negotiated the release of about 450 Danish Jews and 30,550 other prisoners from a Nazi German concentration camp.

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X84r TIL Charlie Chaplin not only wrote, directed, produced, edited and starred in his films but for many also composed the musical scores.
npJb TIL a dutch man named Jan de Doot, in 1651, removed his own bladder stone with a kitchen knife. He pulled it out through an incision he made in his taint/gooch/groad/perineum. It was the size of an egg and weight a quarter of a pound. He lived for years after, and had the stone plated in gold.
Ae57 TIL: When children are vaccinated against measles, their risk of dying from other infectious diseases falls by half. Scientists believe this is because catching the measles can weaken your immune system for years.
GY4Q7 TIL about “War Babies” a very odd short film from 1934 that featured a bunch of toddlers in diapers acting out creepily grown-up plots. Shirley Temple does stuff like trade kisses for lollipops and says things like “I’m expensive.” Video is in the link.
GYal1 TIL that Pope John Paul II was apparently a fan of Yoo-Hoo. Vatican spokesmen would request that his planes be stocked with "a couple of cases of that American chocolate drink he likes.”