In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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