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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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