The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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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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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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