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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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    During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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