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I’m so tired of people saying “relax, it’s not the end of the world :)” thanks so much. I fucked up and I have to live with it because the world’s not even ending

An Italian doctor explains “Syndrome K,” the fake disease he invented to save Jews from the Nazis

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"The Nazis thought it was cancer or tuberculosis, and they fled like rabbits."

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In the fall of 1943, German soldiers in Italy began rounding up Italian Jews and deporting them—10,000 people were sent to concentration camps during the nearly two-year Nazi occupation. Most never returned. But in Rome, a group of doctors saved at least 20 Jews from a similar fate, by diagnosing them with Syndrome K, a deadly, disfiguring, and contagiosissima disease.

The 450-year-old Fatebenefratelli Hospital is nestled on a tiny island in the middle of Rome’s Tiber River, just across from the Jewish Ghetto. When Nazis raided the area on Oct. 16, 1943, a handful of Jews fled to the Catholic hospital, where they were quickly given case files reading “Syndrome K.”

The disease did not exist in any medical textbook or physician’s chart. In fact, it didn’t exist at all. It was a codename invented by doctor and anti-fascist activist Adriano Ossicini, to help distinguish between real patients and healthy hideaways. (Political dissidents and a revolutionary underground radio station were also sheltered there from Italy’s Fascist regime.)

The fake illness was vividly imagined: Rooms holding “Syndrome K” sufferers were designated as dangerously infectious—dissuading Nazi inspectors from entering—and Jewish children were instructed to cough, in imitation of tuberculosis, when soldiers passed through the hospital.

“The Nazis thought it was cancer or tuberculosis, and they fled like rabbits,” Vittorio Sacerdoti, a Jewish doctor working at the hospital under a false name, told the BBC in 2004. Another doctor orchestrating the life-saving lie was surgeon Giovani Borromeo, later recognized by Israeli Holocaust remembrance organization Yad Vashem as “righteous among nations.”

the-movemnt:

New 400-meter world record holder Wayde van Niekerk is coached by a great-grandmother

On Sunday evening, Olympic spectators watched in awe as South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk smashed Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record to win the 400-meter dash in Rio de Janeiro.

The cheers were resounding — it’s not every day someone runs the 400 in 43.03 seconds, after all — but the most adorable reaction by far came from 74-year-old Anna Botha. Botha is van Niekerk’s trainer. The great-grandmother has been coaching the 24-year-old since 2012, when she helped him recover from a series of injuries.

Since the two teamed up, van Niekerk’s achievements have racked up dramatically. In 2016 alone, he had the versatile distinction of running the 100-meter dash in under 10 seconds; the 200-meter dash in under 20 seconds; and the 400-meter dash in under 44 seconds. Now, Niekerk is opening up about the personal impact that Botha has had on his athletic abilities and identity.

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Gabby Douglas cried after her final routine in Rio and fans responded with #Love4GabbyUSA

Gabby Douglas wrapped up a historic Olympic gymnastics career this weekend in Rio de Janeiro, but you’d hardly know it judging by the hordes of armchair critics and social media trolls who simply will not let her live.

In what was likely the last interview she will ever give at an Olympic Games, Gabrielle Douglas, the first black girl or woman to win an Olympic gold medal at an individual all-around competition — a living sports legend — was reduced to tears because some people couldn’t keep their unsolicited opinions to themselves — and Gabby’s mom was having none of it.

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the-movemnt:

Sara Ahmed just became the first Egyptian woman to stand on an Olympic podium.

Sara Ahmed, an 18-year-old Egyptian weightlifter, won bronze in her 69-kilogram division, to become the first Arab woman to be presented with an Olympic medal in weightlifting. She’s also the first Egyptian woman to win a medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to the Khaleej Times.

Ahmed hopes her achievement will inspire Egyptian girls and women to take up weightlifting. "I hope it will encourage other girls to take up the sport,“ Ahmed said to the Khaleej Times. “A new weightlifting generation can be born, a new beginning.”

Interestingly, she’s the first Egyptian woman to stand on the podium but not the first to win a weightlifting medal. 

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Katie Ledecky smashed her own world record — and it was goddamn spectacular

They say she’s “better at swimming than anyone is at anything.” Katie Ledecky, the 19-year-old U.S. swimming phenom, took home gold yesterday in the 400-meter freestyle — beating her own world record in the process. Her time was 3 min and 56.46 sec — nearly two seconds faster than her previous record, 3:58:37. This is just the beginning for her at Rio though, so you’ll want to keep an eye on her.

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