After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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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 Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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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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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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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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