Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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