In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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