The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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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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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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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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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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