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TIL Mussolini drastically altered the area surrounding the Colosseum, leveling hills and removing ruins, including the base of the Colossus of Nero.

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xVVJ5 TIL Dr. Lukas Wartman survived the cancer he studies - Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Three times.
KONva TIL the average soccer player runs 7 miles per game. Midfielders average 9.5 miles and referees average more miles than players.
awklA TIL Of the 1,213 warships involved in D-Day, only 200 were American and 892 were British; of the 4,126 landing craft involved, 805 were American and 3,261 were British
kJJRB TIL that only 20 years after the Wright Brothers first flight, we had successfully completed the first air to air refueling in June 1923.
NJ6J TIL that the founder and first king of Rome was named Romulus, the first emperor was named Augustus, and the last emperor was named Romulus Augustulus.