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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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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