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TIL the Colosseum was built in just 10 years

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b97GZ TIL a riddle from 1688 goes. "If a man born blind can feel the differences between shapes such as spheres and cubes, could he, if given the ability, distinguish those objects by sight alone?" In 2003 the riddle was solved when five people had their sight restored though surgery. They could not.
9YdyM TIL That sharks don't blink. To protect their eyes some sharks roll their eyes backwards to protect them when striking prey.
a86V0 TIL of the Accademia Vivarium Novum, a college in Rome and the only one in the world where ancient Latin and Greek are spoken exclusively and regularly both in and out of the classroom
WByo TIL the prosthetic make-up Jim Carrey wore for the grinch took about 8 hours to apply. Carrey felt so horribly confined and uncomfortable in the latex skin he needed counseling from a CIA agent who taught him torture-resistance techniques.
b98E0 TIL: Alabama prosecutors tried to charge a woman with manslaughter because she had a miscarriage after being shot during an argument