In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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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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