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TIL spectators at Roman circuses divided themselves into four color-themed teams, the Reds, the Whites, the Greens, and the Blues, each of which attracted fanatical support. During one riot, 30000 Greens and Blues were massacred in a single day.

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eNln TIL the most number of decimal places of pi memorised is 70,000, by Rajveer Meena. It took him 10 hours to recite it all, blindfolded.
bkX7 TIL in Japanese folklore, Otters were considered very dangerous as they would shapeshift into beautiful women or little children and kill men.
ANwQd TIL that despite the participation of more than thirty tropical countries at one point or another, none has ever won a Winter Olympic medal yet.
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