Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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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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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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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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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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