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TIL that by the middle ages, people had forgotten the Roman Colosseum's original purpose

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BrnZW Today I learned that Prince recorded a video singing "Starfish and Coffee" with The Muppets which included a Prince Muppet
16avO TIL powdered corn cob is highly absorbent, which has given it applications to treat oil spills in water bodies, and as an environmentally friendly rodenticide, killing rats by dehydrating them.
6DpZ TIL The Fastest Way to Send Big Chunks of Data Is Through the Mail, Not the Internet.“That means FedEx is capable of transferring 150 exabytes of data per day, or 14 petabits per second—almost a hundred times the current throughput of the internet.”
loZXK TIL Seven Laws of Noah are: 1. Not to worship idols; 2. Not to curse God; 3. To establish courts of justice; 4. Not to commit murder; 5. Not to commit adultery, bestiality, or sexual immorality; 6. Not to steal; 7. Not to eat flesh torn from a living animal.
N7ZKP TIL in 346BC, Alexander the Great, at the age of 10, after taming a large anxious horse he was allowed to buy it. He named the horse "Bucephalas", and he rode the horse until the Battle or Hydapes in 326BC when it died at the age of 30. Alexander later named a city after his steed.