There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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