There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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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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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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