Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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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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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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