In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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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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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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