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TIL: Between 800 and 1349 AD, the Colosseum was converted into a residential apartment building

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loKMN TIL the Torah has been reduplicated almost perfectly throughout history. Between all Jewish communities worldwide, only Yemen’s was found to be different. It had a total of 9 errors amidst 304,805 letters.
RPbw TIL that R. Norris Williams survived the Titanic sinking, but spent a such long time in the icy Atlantic ocean that doctors wanted to amputate his legs. He refused, recovered and went on to win his 1st US Tennis Championship that same year.
4kDoa TIL that “jeep ducking” is a thing where jeep owners leave each other rubber ducks. this is why you see jeeps with dashboards full of ducks.
EgRo7 TIL The 1936 Xi'an Incident where Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Nationalist government of China, was arrested by two of his generals demanding he ally with the Communists to fight the Japanese. It would kickstart the first negotiations into the Chinese United Front.
VeGZ TIL that the U.S. put strict regulations on steam engines because they were dangerous to operate. To get around this law, one company made boilers full of boiling gasoline instead of water.