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TIL that between 800 and 1349, the Colosseum was used as an apartment block.

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lo4P5 TIL: The Roman emperor Caligula loved his horse Incitatus so much that he tried to turn the horse into a senator. His plan for equine politics was cut short by his assassination. Many historians believe the stunt was to humiliate his fellow senators.
awGeJ TIL the British Navy battled the French Navy in WWII.
6EjkY TIL one of the few times Pink Floyd allowed the music to be used for corporate advertising was a bizarre 1973 ad for Dole bananas.
noVY TIL that UC Davis researchers devised a test for bomb and drug-sniffing dogs. They put dogs through 144 runs of a clean room with no drugs or explosives. But the dogs indicated on 123 runs, indicating a failure rate of 85% according to the test’s criteria.
eXrE TIL A few decades ago, everyone ate a strain of banana called the Gros Michel. Its skin was more slippery than the Cavendish, the banana that we eat today, which is the reason why banana peels have been such a prominent cartoon gag.