After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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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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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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