Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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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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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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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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