In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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