English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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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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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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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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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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