To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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