During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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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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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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