Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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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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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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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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