If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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