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TIL that construction of the Roman Colosseum was funded by the opulent spoils stolen from the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem after the First Jewish-Roman War in 70CE which destroyed Jerusalem and sent the Jews into exile.

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Wpm4 TIL: Bill Nye’s father was in a POW camp for four years during WWII
kOLxd TIL that Switzerland does not have a capital by law, and it is in modest city of Bern, not Zürich, where the Parliament meets.
bJPZ TIL Four days after the Hillsborough disaster, in the European Cup semi-final between AC Milan v Real Madrid, the referee blew his whistle two minutes into the game to stop play and hold a minute’s silence for those who lost their lives. Halfway through, AC Milan fans sang “You’ll Never Walk Alone”.
W7Nw9 TIL of miasma theory, an abandoned medical theory, that held that that diseases such as cholera were caused by “bad air”. Some academics suggested the theory extended to other conditions as well, such as becoming obese by inhaling the odor of food.
X0ZQj TIL the US Air Force uses C130s to drop toys and supplies in Micronesia every Christmas