Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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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 known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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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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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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