Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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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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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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