In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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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 first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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