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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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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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    Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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