In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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