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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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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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    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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