"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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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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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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