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TIL Medieval Cathedrals Used to Be Covered in Brilliant Colors

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p8KJe TIL Baskin Robbins used to have a milkshake that contained 2600 calories, 1700mg of sodium, 135g of fat, and 263g of sugar. Unsurprisingly, Men’s Health Magazine dubbed it the worst food in the U.S.
jNYGE TIL House Sparrows and other birds have been known to use shopping carts as Trojan Horses to enter stores.
ADNYg TIL When the new United States capital was founded in 1791, the landmarks of the city were renamed in honor of Rome. Goose Creek became Tiber Creek, Jenkins Hill became Capitol Hill, and the Congress was the Capitol itself, recalling Rome’s Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus.
gg49 TIL that the poison in false morels, a type of mushroom, is metabolized into rocket fuel
YpxZZ TIL about Stella, a dog who communicates with her owners using a sound board preprogrammed with her favourite words. Recently her “beach” button broke, so she instead used the buttons for “water” “outside” and “help” to communicate that she wanted to press the beach button and couldn’t.