Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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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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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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