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TIL John Riccitiello, infamous ex CEO of EA and Unity, is not unemployed

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grQJb TIL about Dicyemida, a phylum of aquatic microorganisms whose members parasite off the renal glands of cephalopods.
oRBAY TIL that King Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, ordered the execution of Anabaptists - who believed in a second adult baptism - by what he referred to as a 'Third Baptism': Drowning!
kJak5 TIL about the Massacre of the Latins, which occurred in Constantinople in 1182. The massacre was a result of the presence of Western merchants, particularly Italians, and various other factors. The Orthodox population killed tens of thousands of Catholics, with 4,000 survivors being sold as slaves.
xZZB TIL that Thomas Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of Independence contained a passage attacking slavery, calling it an ‘execrable commerce’. The passage was removed due to pressure from Southern plantation owners and Northern slave merchants
b9pdN TIL during WW2, a 360 ft long prehistoric chalk horse figure on a hill in Britain, was covered over with turf and hedge trimmings so that German pilots could not use it for navigation during bombing raids.