"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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