In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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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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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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