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TIL that the Six Flags in New Orleans has been untouched since it was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. The rides and games have been rotting away since.

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Bg8xd TIL Pancakes first appeared in recipe books nearly 600 years ago and they've been tossed for almost as long.
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8ek5K TIL in 393 AD, the Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Olympic Games because he considered them to be a pagan festival, which had no place in his Christian country. They weren’t held again until 1896.
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