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TIL in AD 80, a Roman soldier mooned a crowd of Jewish pilgrims at the temple in Jerusalem and hurled insults at them. Some children there threw stones at the soldiers who then called in reinforcements. The pilgrims panicked and the ensuing stampede killed thousands of the Jews.

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