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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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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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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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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