The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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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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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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