To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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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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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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