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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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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