In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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