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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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