Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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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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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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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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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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