"The pope's brother attended the gladiatorial combat held to commemorate the empire's 250th anniversary" is the kind of fun fact you'd hear in a history podcast and go "huh, wild"
people will tell you absolutely vile shit their parents did so casually and leave you feeling like an asshole cuz you were annoyed at your mum for interrupting an episode of your show
"Trickle down economics doesn't work, so let's try piñata economics. That's the one where we beat the billionaires until the hoarded wealth falls out."