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TIL the main reason the Parthenon is in such disrepair is because it exploded. The monument had been in relatively good condition for millennia, however it was used as a gunpowder magazine during the 1687 siege of Athens and was destroyed after taking a direct hit from a Venetian shell
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TIL that the Coliseum got its name not because of its massive size, but because its proximity to a colossal ‘Statue of Liberty’ sized bronze statue of the Emperor Nero.
Rjp1
TIL Roger Ebert refused to give “The Human Centipede” a star rating, stating that it was unsuited for the film and that whether it was good or bad didn’t matter.
MewoV
TIL of Chicago's Leather Archives and Museum, an institution dedicated to preserving leather, kink, fetish, and BDSM history and culture and making it more accessible to the public.
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TIL that, in 1960, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley gave Prince Akihito of Japan bluegill fish to be bred in Japan for food. They escaped captivity and are now an invasive species in Japan.