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TIL that the portrait of Carlotta Valdez featured in an iconic scene of Vertigo has gone missing and has not been seen since 1957.

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jN75R TIL a rescue ship at the Titanic sinking pulled a dead infant from the sea who wasn’t able to be identified. The ship’s sailors paid for a graveside monument dedicated to The Unknown Child. In 2007, DNA testing showed the child to be from an English family of six, the Goodwins, who all drowned.
79JZ TIL that author John Steinbeck was investigated by the FBI for being acquaintances with leftists and attempting to write a novel exposing the conditions in Japanese concentration camps in 1943.
PJPL TIL: The director Roman Polanski pleaded guilty of raping a 13 year old girl in 1977 but fled the U.S to avoid charges, this is why his 2011 film Carnage staring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly although set in New York was actually filmed in Paris.
ElkP TIL the WiFi channel 14 is banned in North America, most likely due to its commercial and military uses.
KYbG9 TIL-Dogs can smell various types of cancers in humans to include melanoma, lung, ovarian, and more