"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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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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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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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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