The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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