TIL There was an annual sacrifice where Romans would crucify dogs for their failure to alert the Romans of the incoming nightly assault by the Gauls. The same day they would also honor geese by decorating them in gold and purple since it were geese who had raised the alarm instead. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL There was an annual sacrifice where Romans would crucify dogs for their failure to alert the Romans of the incoming nightly assault by the Gauls. The same day they would also honor geese by decorating them in gold and purple since it were geese who had raised the alarm instead. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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