The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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