The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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