To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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