In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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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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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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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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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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