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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    In 585 BC, a solar eclipse occurred in the middle of a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. They promptly ceased fighting and signed a peace treaty.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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