In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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