Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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