The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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