In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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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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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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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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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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