During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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