In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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