Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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