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 universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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