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TIL Juggalos are classified as a criminal street gang by the FBI

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R7Xwj TIL that between 800 and 1349, the Colosseum was used as an apartment block.
loPEa TIL of "Shifting Baseline Syndrome." This is when significant systemic changes occur over time in a way that makes them extremely difficult for humans to perceive. 'New normals' are established which are experienced as though little to no change has taken place.
WkvKY TIL that after Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed, his body was publicly displayed in a shopping mall freezer. People came from all over Libya to see it.
rRYD1 TIL more people have died climbing Table Mountain in Cape Town, than have been killed by Everest. Poor planning, dehydration and even losing concentration while taking selfies are to blame.
loQdK TIL Sayre's Law, which has been variously formulated as, "academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics because the stakes are so low" and "competition in academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small".