Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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