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TIL The corpse of Eva Peron was lost and re-discovered in a crypt in Milan under a fake name, then was moved inside Peron's house in Spain. After assassinating Pedro Aramburu, a group of rebels held his body hostage and tried to use it as bargain to negotiate the return of Eva's body to Argentina

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