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TIL that in the 1700's there was a plan to build a church into the Colosseum in Rome

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ePRb TIL that the Inuit saved the bladder of the animals they killed because they believed the soul lived inside. They returned the bladder to the ocean so that the animal could get a new body and hopefully allow itself to be hunted again.
6E46m TIL in 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that film studios can't own movie theaters, thus breaking up their oligopoly. Before its ruling, Hollywood studios owned movie theaters to hold exclusive rights of showing their films, angering independent producers including Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin.
145r TIL that the Church of Christian Science promotes illness as an illusion that can be cured through prayer alone.
OG8l6 TIL that before the first juvenile court was established in 1899, 7 year old children in the US were tried and punished as adults.
yVXgJ TIL the Indian state of Uttar Prades has 241 million inhabitants making it the most populous country subdivision in the world. It has 3% of the world's population and outranks all but 4 countries outside India in population