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TIL that the Colosseum in Rome was built with by Emperor Vespasian with the spoils of the looted second Temple

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oBjaK TIL that there's no evidence that depression is caused by low levels of seratonin. This has been known for decades, and neuroscientists have been trying to debunk this myth to the public for years. The actual mechanism of antidepressants is unknown.
wLaoM TIL the $150 million fundraised by Band Aid in 1984 (where the famous song "Do They Know It's Christmas" comes from), which was meant to help famine-struck Ethiopia, actually lead to more deaths since it was given to the corrupt government who used the money to prolong the famine and civil war.
Oom7Y TIL The stones at Stonehedge have been rearranged and repositioned by various groups since the early 1900’s.
Bp6e TIL the direwolf actually existed, but went extinct 10,000 years ago.
wLPxM TIL that a picture of a giant robot helping Russia revolutionaries storm the winter palace in 1917, was accidentally used in an Australian history exam. Some students wasted time in trying to figure out what the giant robot was, thinking it was a statue of a Russian politician or a battleship.