The Roman emperor Commodus was at one time going to change the name of Rome to Colonia Commodiana.

The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet.

The Olympic flag's colors are always red, black, blue, green and yellow rings on a field of white. This is because at least one of those colors appears on the flag of every nation on the planet.

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