In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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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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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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