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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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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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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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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