Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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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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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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