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TIL Medieval Cathedrals Used to Be Covered in Brilliant Colors

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gArX TIL that in 1861, Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of Italy’s independence, volunteered his services to President Abraham Lincoln and was offered a Major General’s commission in the U.S. Army. His sole condition: that the war’s objective be declared as the abolition of slavery.
6aJY TIL Natalie Portman missed the premiere party of “The Phantom Menace” because she had to go home to study for her high school final exams
6E7yJ TIL Pompeii had snack bars that are likened to fast food restaurants. A 2,000-year-old uncovered thermopolium features colorful frescoes - one is of a sea nymph, but the other is of a worker in a snack-bar environment and is thought to be an early form of advertising.
NXBbQ TIL fairy dust was added to Peter Pan so that children wouldn't hurt themselves trying to fly when they got home from seeing the play.
M7PkV TIL the 1991 Grand Sumo Tournament in London was the first official sumo wrestling tournament ever to be organized outside Japan in the 1500 years of existence of the sport