In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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