During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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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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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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