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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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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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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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