Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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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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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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